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Timothy O. Markland v. Asset Acceptance, LLC

Paid petition · Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Fourth Division, No. 118,418 · judgment March 24, 2021

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2022

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Whether rigid invocation of the non-extrinsic evidence rule denies due process when a debt collection company obtains a default judgment and then waits to act on that judgment until the alleged debtor is time-barred from challenging the service of process.
Whether due process requires courts to use discretion in determining the need for extrinsic evidence.

For petitioner
Traci L. Soderstrom
Soderstrom & Associates

For respondent
Scott F. Lehman
LSL Latham-Steele-Lehman

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Feb 22 2022
Petition DENIED.
Jan 26 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
Jan 14 2022
Waiver of right of respondent Asset Acceptance Corp. to respond filed.
Main Document Main Document
Jan 03 2022
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 9, 2022)
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