Woman's Debt Collection Suit Over Loan Servicer's Convenience Fees Remanded

(August 28, 2020, 4:58 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland on Aug. 17 remanded a woman's class action lawsuit accusing her loan servicer and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) of violating Maryland's Consumer Debt Collection Act (MDCA) and Maryland's Consumer Protection Act (MCPA) when charging convenience fees for monthly mortgage payments made online or over the phone after declining to exercise diversity jurisdiction over the plaintiff's declaratory judgment claim and refusing to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims (Marceline White v. NewRez LLC, et al., No. 20-1259, D. Md., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147932)....