Dismissal Of Loan Modification Suit Upheld, Albeit Under Different Doctrine

(December 18, 2020, 11:28 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — Although a federal district court applied the wrong abstention doctrine in dismissing claims brought in a lawsuit seeking to halt foreclosure proceedings initiated by a mortgage lender, its dismissal of the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction was still proper, albeit under the abstention doctrine set forth in Younger v. Harris, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 9 (Sandra Shepherd, et al. v. U.S. Bank NA, et al., No. 20-14157, 11th, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 38364)....