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George Matthew Culbertson, et ux. v. Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit, No. 54,545-CA · judgment June 29, 2022


Certiorari denied · March 27, 2023
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

The Applicants put forth the following Questions Presented for this Court’s review, to wit:

  1. Does 50 U.S.C.A. §3936 apply to toll a state statute of limitations on a state law foreclosure action where (a) a servicemember voluntarily filed a bankruptcy petition, (b) voluntarily turned his property over to the trustee for administration, ( c) the property was abandoned by the trustee for the express purpose of foreclosure, after a contradictory hearing, and (d) the servicemember did not seek any protections of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act in the bankruptcy court?

  2. Does 50 U.S.C.A. §3936 apply to toll a state statute of limitations on a pre-petition debt where the servicemember has been discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
William Alan Pesnell
Alan Pesnell Lawyer, LLC

For respondent
Christopher D. Meyer
Burr & Forman LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 27 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 08 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
  3. Feb 28 2023
    Waiver of right of respondents Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 26 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 1, 2023)