5th Circuit Sustains Finding That Foreclosure Suit Is Barred By Res Judicata

Mealey's (October 5, 2020, 1:40 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 30 affirmed the dismissal of a man's suit seeking to block the foreclosure of his home, agreeing with a federal judge in Texas that the action was barred by the doctrine of res judicata (Rodney Underwood v. Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, No. 20-20227, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 31054)....