No. 18-660

Kenneth J. Taggart v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: carpenter-v-longan due-process federal-home-loan-mortgage-corporation federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-removal freddie-mac mortgage note property-rights real-estate security-interest standing state-court-action
Latest Conference: 2019-01-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Has the authority of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to remove state court actions to federal court, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1452(f), been extinguished because Freddie Mac is no longer owned by the federal government?

2. Does an owner of real estate possess a federal due process right to ascertain the validity of a security interest in that real estate, and the identity of the entities that claim said security interest?

3. Does the holding of Carpenter v. Longan, 83 U.S. 271 (1872) render a transaction purporting to separate a mortgage and a note invalid?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Has the authority of the Freddie Mac to remove state court actions to federal court been extinguished?

Docket Entries

2019-01-22
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
2018-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 21, 2018)
2018-08-28
Application (18A207) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 18, 2018.
2018-08-20
Application (18A207) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 19, 2018 to November 18, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Kenneth Taggart
Jeremy Benjamin CooperBlackwater Law PLLC, Petitioner