Borrower’s Produce-The-Note Argument In Foreclosure Suit Rejected On Appeal

Mealey's (December 17, 2020, 2:14 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 15 ruled that a federal district court in Virginia correctly dismissed a borrower’s claim that a law firm’s initiation of foreclosure proceedings was fraudulent, agreeing with the lower court’s finding that Virginia law did not require the law firm to “produce the note” before filing the proceedings (Nazira Urrego v. Samuel I. White PC, No. 20-1097, 4th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 39319)....