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Kevin Charles Bertram v. U.S. Bank N.A., as Trustee

Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District, No. 2D21-0211 · judgment April 29, 2022


Certiorari denied · January 23, 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

The Truth in Lending Act provides that a borrower "shall have the right to rescind the transaction until midnight of the third business day following...the delivery of the information and rescission forms re­ quired under this section ... by notifying the creditor ... of his intention to do so." 15 U.S.C 1635(a). The Act further creates a "[t]ime limit for [the] exercise of [this] right," providing that the borrower's "right of rescission shall expire three years after the date of consummation of the transaction" even if the "disclosures required ...have not been delivered Id. 1635(f). THE QUESTIONS PRESENTED: 1. Does a borrower exercise his absolute right to rescind a transaction in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 1635 by "notifying the creditor" in writing within three days for no reason, or in writing within the extended three years for TILA violations from the consummation of the transaction, as the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Eleventh Federal Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court have held?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kevin Charles Bertram

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 23 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 04 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
  3. Sep 14 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 22, 2022)