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Lewis Archer v. America's First Federal Credit Union
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 19-15182 · judgment February 1, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Thousands of families are being put out of their homes by way of a RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act) loophole found in Non-Judicial foreclosure State Courts such as Alabama. According to this loophole, a mortgagee’s failure to comply with federal loss-mitigation regulations cannot be asserted as a defense in an ejectment action in Non-Judicial State Courts. In addition, there is currently a conflict among U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeals concerning equitably tolling of the Statute of Limitation in RESPA cases such as this one. This is yet to be addressed by the U. S. Supreme Court. The four questions before the United States Supreme Court are^ 1. Does the fact that there is “no defense for Federal Mitigation wrongdoing by lenders in non-judicial State court” while such defense naturally exists in federal court, violate the Equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lewis Archer
For respondent
Sanford Graham Hooper
Lightfoot Franklin & White
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 23 2021Rehearing DENIED.
- Jul 29 2021DISTRIBUTED.
- Jul 08 2021Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jun 28 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jun 08 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
- Jun 03 2021Reply of petitioner Lewis Archer filed.
- May 26 2021Brief of respondent America's First Federal Credit Union in opposition filed.
- Apr 28 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 2, 2021)