Panel Lacks Jurisdiction To Hear Appeal In Foreclosure Actions

Mealey's (July 21, 2022, 1:48 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 19 ruled that it lacked the necessary jurisdiction to hear a borrower’s appeal of a federal district court’s orders dismissing two parties from a lawsuit alleging that the parties, as well as a third defendant, violated the terms of an automatic stay when they foreclosed on her mortgage refinance loan while the borrower was in the midst of Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings, because the borrower filed her appeal seven years after the district court entered final judgment....