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Vincent Tang v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, No. H045898, H046697 · judgment December 9, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Are forgery and robo-signing one and the same?

  2. Are there due process and equal protection issues surrounding the determination as to whether the bad act is robo-signing or forgery?

  3. Is it a violation of due process and equal protection of the law to forbid a victim of forgery to use the judicial process in order to cure his loss?

  4. Is it a violation of due process and equal protection of the law to forbid a homeowner the right to challenge defects in the chain of title to his property that led to the loss of his property?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas John Spielbauer
The Spielbauer Law Office

For respondent
Ellen Ross Belfer
Leon Cosgrove LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 21 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 14 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent U.S. Bank, NA and Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Jul 12 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to respond filed.
  5. Jul 12 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Deborah Brignac to respond filed.
  6. Jun 09 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2021)