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Laird J. Heal v. Wells Fargo, N.A., as Trustee for WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Services 2006-PR2 Trust, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 21-1817, 22-1346 · judgment January 17, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 2, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the motions to strike under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c)(2) were decided correctly or if the First Circuit should apply a different legal standard as courts in dif­ ferent circuits do. Whether the District Court should have allowed the motions to amend complaint under Rule 15(a), where other circuits follow a different rule. Whether the First Circuit’s determinations under di­ versity jurisdiction were so inconsistent with Massa­ chusetts law as to fail to follow Erie R.R. v. Tompkins, and hence unconstitutional. Whether the summary judgment motions should have been denied, where the Defendants/Respondents were outside any possible construction of their claimed li­ cense given by the mortgage, rendering them trespass­ ers as construed in courts in other circuits, and there was no evidence that the mortgagee had delegated any right to act at the Property. Whether the application of judicial estoppel was proper, when the Bankruptcy Code mandates a differ­ ent procedure and other circuits come to a different re­ sult.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Laird J. Heal

For respondent
Marissa Irene Delinks
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 02 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 09 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
  3. Jul 19 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to respond filed.
  4. Jun 28 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Mortgage Contracting Services LLC to respond filed.
  5. Apr 17 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2023)