9th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Couple’s Pre-Foreclosure Lawsuits

(May 26, 2020, 9:37 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 11 affirmed the dismissal of two lawsuits brought by a couple seeking to prevent foreclosure on two properties before nonjudicial foreclosures took place, holding that the California Supreme Court and the state’s intermediate appellate courts do not support the filing of such lawsuits (Bella Perez, et al. v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., et al., No. 18-16584, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 14879)....