Panel Holds Servicer Had Authority To Foreclose, Affirms Dismissal

Mealey's (April 16, 2019, 1:29 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — After holding that a mortgage servicer had the authority to foreclose on a property, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 12 affirmed the dismissal of a fourth amended complaint filed by borrowers and a decision granting summary judgment on a loan servicer’s judicial foreclosure counterclaim (Bruce W. Bowman, III, et al. v. CitiMortgage, Incorporated, No. 18-10867, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 10910)....