No. 18-473

John Davis v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: conclusive-presumptions constitutional-law creditor-standing due-process eviction foreclosure foreclosure-statute judicial-immunity property-rights standing summary-judgment
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Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether foreclosure and eviction of homeowners, by virtue of statutory conclusive presumptions that allow courts to deem a creditor's ownership without proof or a homeowner's ability to dispute an alleged creditor's standing, and property to be taken in a limited summary judgment proceeding based on reasonable probability of default, deprive homeowners of due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The Supreme Court held in Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U.S. 67 (1982), that statutes allowing recovery provisions after a temporary, non-final deprivation of non-essential personal property, were nonetheless "deprivations" in terms of the 14th Amendment, and that before a state takes a person’s property, a fair hearing must be held. Theoretically, the homeowner may dispute the creditor’s entitlement to foreclose as holder in due course under Colorado's Rule 120(c). However, Rule 120(c) was effectively disabled by conclusive presumptions embedded in 2006 legislation drafted by two creditor attorneys. Mortgage trusts can now acquire promissory notes after the Trust's closing date without proof they paid value, or proof that they are the real party in interest and without rebuttal. A judge issues a non-final Order Authorizing Sale in Colorado's nonjudicial foreclosure limited to reasonable probability of a default and whether the homeowner is subject to the Service Members’ Civil Relief Act and compels a public trustee to auction the property with a confirmation deed followed by an eviction prior to a fair hearing. The questions presented are: 1. Whether foreclosure and eviction of homeowners, by virtue of statutory conclusive presumptions that allow courts to deem a creditor's ownership without proof or a homeowner's ability to dispute an alleged creditor's standing, and property to be taken in a limited summary judgment proceeding based on reasonable probability of default, deprive homeowners of due process. I 2. Whether an agreement to act in concert by two foreclosure attorneys, benefitting themselves and creditors, is implied when they become de facto legislative staff attorneys who act to statutorily eliminate alleged creditors’ burden of proof. 3. Whether violations of clearly established constitutional law and Colorado's foreclosure practice as non-adjudicative, non-adversarial, and a limited eviction proceeding, renders judges and public trustees without judicial and qualified immunity and therefore subject to §1983 damages along with other defendants. iT

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-06
Waiver of right of respondent Lawrence E. Castle (corporate and individual capacity) to respond filed.
2018-10-30
Waiver of right of respondents Cynthia Mares, Arapahoe County Public Trustee and Christina Whitmer, Public Trustee of Grand County to respond filed.
2018-10-24
Waiver of right of respondents Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al. to respond filed.
2018-10-03
Waiver of right of respondent Judge Elizabeth Weishaupi to respond filed.
2018-09-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2018)

Attorneys

Cynthia Mares, Arapahoe County Public Trustee and Christina Whitmer, Public Trustee of Grand County
Monica N. KovaciArapahoe County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Monica N. KovaciArapahoe County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al.
Cynthia Dawn Lowery-GraberBryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, Respondent
Cynthia Dawn Lowery-GraberBryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, Respondent
John Davis
Jon Dennis PelsThe Pels Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
Jon Dennis PelsThe Pels Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
Judge Elizabeth Weishaupi
Patrick L. SayasColorado Department of Law, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Patrick L. SayasColorado Department of Law, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Lawrence E. Castle (corporate and individual capacity)
Phillip August VaglicaVaglica & Associates, LLC, Respondent
Phillip August VaglicaVaglica & Associates, LLC, Respondent