Fed-up judges crack down on foreclosure disorder in courts

[upstatecajun]

Angry and exasperated by faulty foreclosure documents, judges throughout Florida are hitting back by increasingly dismissing cases and boldly accusing lawyers of "fraud upon the court."

A Palm Beach Post review of cases in state and appellate courts found judges are routinely dismissing cases for questionable paperwork. Although in most cases the bank is allowed to refile the case with the appropriate documents, in a growing number of cases judges are awarding homeowners their homes free and clear after finding fraud upon the court.

Still, critics say judges are not doing enough.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-judges-crack-down-on-foreclosure-disorder-20110403,0,301095.story







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[liberal life]

1. Ah sweet justice

:applause:
so hard to find these days




http://fucorporatemedia.com/

[ThomCat]

2. So when do these bankers start going to jail?

It's nice that more cases are getting dismissed and people are getting to keep their homes, instead of judges automatically ruling in favor of the banks the way they were even just a year ago.

But when they finally start recognizing that the banks have been committing fraud on a massive, systemic scale, where are the punishments for that?

When do people start getting arrested for all of these years of fraud?

:(

[DCKit]

3. For that matter, their lawyers or the robo-signers.

Unless, of course, these professionals of the law aren't aware they're being furnished fraudulent paperwork.

[csziggy]

4. Boo Hoo, the banksters shysters can't keep up?

Ongoing scrutiny by the FBI, the Florida attorney general, the Florida Bar, the media and defense attorneys has uncovered countless examples of forged signatures, post-dated documents, robo-signing and lost paperwork.

As a result, defense attorneys are filing more motions challenging the documents. That means judges must spend more time reviewing documents and holding hearings. The situation was complicated last week when attorney David J. Stern, who operated the largest so-called foreclosure mill in Florida, sent letters to the chief judges of Florida's 20 circuit courts announcing that he intended to violate court rules and dump 100,000 foreclosure cases without a judge's order.

"We no longer have the financial or personnel resources to continue to file Motions to Withdraw in tens of thousands of cases that we still remain as counsel of record," Stern wrote, suggesting that the judges treat the pending cases "as you deem appropriate."

So despite the fact that the banks are making tons of money, their lawyers can't hire enough people to do their dirty work. If I were a judge, I would give the houses to the people the banks tried to rip off.