Celizena Julme Vilamar Julme in The Circuit Court of The 17
Celizena Julme Vilamar Julme in The Circuit Court of The 17
Celizena Julme Vilamar Julme in The Circuit Court of The 17
AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES 2006-AR1, Plaintiff, Case #:CACE09-21933-05 CELIZENA JULME; VILAMAR JULME; ET AL, Defendant. EMERGENCY MOTION TO CANCEL/POSTOPONE SALE. VACATE FINAL JUDGMENT AND REQUEST AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING BASED UPON FRAUD ON THE COURT Comes now, the Defendants, CELIZENA JULME and VILAMAR JULME, and pursuant to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure UOO(b), 1.140(b)(l)(6) and (h)(2) and 1.210(a) and I.540(b) requests this Court to Cancel/Postpone the sale date of October 29, 2009, Vacate the Final Judgment and Request an Evidentiary Hearing Based Upon Fraud on the Court and as grounds therefore states: 1. The Plaintiff, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES 2006-AR1 (BOA), filed their complaint on April 16, 2009, without proper standing to do so, and made material misrepresentations in their pleadings. 2. An assignment was never recorded, never attached to any Compliant or other document. Only a purported Assignment was provided to the Court months later on July 31,2009. 3. Said Assignment is bogus, was back-dated and delivered to the Court by Plaintiff (or Plaintiffs counsel), when Plaintiff knew that the purported Assignment was fraudulent.. (See attached Exhibit A) 4. The Assignment can readily be determined to be bogus and backdated, because the Notary, Richard E. Price, did not have his present Notary Public Commission until March 25, 2006. The four-year term for his Notary expires on 03/25/10. How could he have notarized the alleged Assignment on 01/23/06, more then two months before he received his Notary? (See attached Exhibit B) 5. Furthermore, BOA is a trustee in this case, and does not and cannot own the mortgage, as they are acting on behalf of the investment trust. BOA has claimed that they are the owner and the holder of the note, which is fraudulent statement. 6. In addition to not having standing and claiming that they own and hold the note and mortgage, BOA falsely alleged, "The original note has been lost and is not in
the custody or control of Plaintiff. The note was continuously in possession and control of Plaintiffs assignors and predecessors from the date of its execution until the loss and has not been paid or otherwise satisfied, assigned or transferred". 7. Since BOA is not the owner and holder of the note, nor where they at the time of filing this foreclosure action, they cannot simultaneously claim, "The original note has been lost." 8. BOA, as trustee for mortgage-backed securities has been filing foreclosure actions across the United States under false, deceptive, and misleading representations without any legal standing to do so, representing a pattern of corrupt and illegal activity. 9. BOA's complaint clearly establishes that an entity other then BOA was in fact the true owner of the claim at the time the lawsuit was filed. BOA has failed to establish through any of its filings that it owned or held the mortgage or the promissory note at the commencement of this action. BOA is not, and never was the real party in interest, and is not authorized to bring this foreclosure action. 10. BOA attached to its complaint a copy of a Mortgage dated January 12, 2006, containing terms of the agreement between the parties that contracted to same, the Borrower (Defendants), CELIZENA JULME and VILAMAR JULME, and the Lender, Argent Mortgage Company, LLC.
1. In Florida, the prosecution of a residential mortgage foreclosure action must be brought by the owner and holder of the mortgage and note. Plaintiff is not entitled to maintain an action if it does not own and hold the note which is purportedly secured by the subject mortgage. Your Construction Center, Inc. v. Gross, 316 So. 2d 596 (Fl. 4lh DCA 1975), Greenwald v. Triple D Properties, Inc., 424 So. 2d 185, 187 (Fla. 4lh DCA 1983). 12. The plaintiff BOA's lack of ownership of the mortgage and promissory note in this case goes to the heart of its claim of standing, permeates the entire proceeding and subverts the integrity of the action. Metropolitan Dade County v. Martinsen, 736 so. 2d 794 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1999). 13. Standing requires that the party prosecuting the action have a sufficient stake in the outcome and that the party bringing the claim be recognized in the law as being a real party in interest entitled to bring the claim. This entitlement to prosecute a claim in Florida courts rests exclusively in those persons granted by substantive law, the power to enforce the claim. Kumar Cory, v. Nopal Lines, Ltd, eta], 462 So. 2d 1178, (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). 14. In an attempt to cover up their sham pleadings, BOA filed a purported original note and assignment of mortgage with the court on July 31, 2009, over three months after the filing of the lawsuit. 15. These filing, besides being over three months late, as opposed to the statutory requirement of being included with the filing of the complaint, still fail to give BOA standing. 16. In addition to the non-recorded fraudulent purported assignment (see above paragraphs 2-4), the Note that was filed is endorsed to U.S. Bank National Association, as Successor Trustee to BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES 2006-AR1, clearly not the Plaintiff in this case (See attached Exhibit C). 17. Furthermore, Bank of America didn't enter into an agreement to purchase LaSalle Bank until April 23, 2007 and didn't officially take over LaSalle Bank until October 1, 2007. How could documents such as the Note and the alleged Assignment, both allegedly signed and endorsed in January of 2006, indicate Bank of America as Successor to LaSalle Bank, a merger that didn't take place until over 1 and '/a years later? Unless the Plaintiff can demonstrate their abilities of clairvoyance, said documents were clearly doctored and fabricated in anticipation of litigation. (See attached Exhibit D) 18. Even the bogus assignment provided was not recorded as required by Florida Law. 19. Fla. Stat. 701.02 states in pertinent part: (1) An assignment of a mortgage upon real property or of any interest therein, is not good or effectual in law or equity, against creditors or subsequent purchasers, for a valuable consideration, and without notice, unless the assignment is contained in a document that, in its title, indicates an assignment of mortgage and is recorded according to law. Florida Courts have also held that an assignment must be executed before a party may file suit. See Progressive Exp. Ins. Co. v. McGrath Community Chiropractic,*)^ So.2d 1281, 1287 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2005) (Where an insurance provider alleged that insurance benefits were assigned to it without producing a written instrument, then amended the claim with a written instrument dated six months after the filing of the suit, held that the provider lacked standing because there was no assignment at the time that the case was filed in court).
20. Not only has BOA failed to provided any documentation whatsoever that they are the real party in interest in this case, their status as Trustee limits their authorization to act, and they are barred from taking any action not specifically authorized under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (PSA). 21. Florida law is clear that a bank is acting ultra vires if its trust department exercises a power not expressly granted to it by the trust agreement. 22. The respective powers of a Trustee must be interpreted by the Plan Documents, especially the Trust Agreement. Celotex Corp. v. City of New York. 487 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2007). Furthermore, "From the trust, the trustee derives the rule of his conduct, the extent and the limit of his authority, the measure of his obligation." Jones v. First Nat'I Bank in Fort Lauderdale, 226 So. 2d 834, 835 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App 1969). Also, "The trustee can properly exercise such powers and only such powers as (a) are conferred upon him in specific words by the terms of the trust, or (b) are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the trust and are not forbidden by the terms of the trust." Restatement (Second) of Trusts Sec. 186(1959). 23. In the majority of Mortgage Backed Securitized Trusts, as in the case at present, the applicable Trust documents are public record and filed and recorded online at www.secinfo.com. The applicable Pooling and Servicing agreement which governs BOA's conduct and outlines their specific powers conferred upon them in the administration of The MLMI Trust Series 2006-ARI is a 195 page document, which applicable parts referenced will be attached to this motion. (See Attached Exhibit E). 24. SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans
The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the assets of the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal received on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on or after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled Payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date) . In connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver to, and deposit with the Trustee the following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan: (A) The original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, "Pay to the order of LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, without recourse" together with all riders thereto. The Mortgage Note shall include all intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of the title from the Transferor to
(B) Except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Loan, the original recorded Mortgage together with all riders thereto, with evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has not yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of the original Mortgage together with all riders thereto certified to be a true copy of the original of the Mortgage that has been delivered for recording in the appropriate recording office of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located and in the case of each MERS Loan, the original Mortgage together with all riders thereto, noting the presence of the MIN of the Loan and either language indicating that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan or if the
Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at origination, the original Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the public recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded. (C) In the case of each Mortgage Loan, that is not a MERS Loan, the original Assignment of each Mortgage in blank or, to "LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee." (D) The original policy of title insurance (or a preliminary title report, commitment or binder if the original title insurance policy has not been received from the title insurance company). (E) Originals of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon or, if the original intervening assignment has not yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of such assignment certified to be a true copy of the original of the assignment which has been sent for recording in the appropriate jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located. (EMPHASIS ADDED) (F) Originals of all assumption and modification agreements, if any. (G) If in connection with any Mortgage Loan, the Depositor cannot deliver the Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording thereon, if applicable, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement solely because of a delay caused by the public recording office where such Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the case may be, has been delivered for recordation, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee written notice stating that such Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the case may be, has been delivered to the appropriate public recording office for recordation. Thereafter, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee such Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording indicated thereon, if applicable, upon receipt thereof from the public recording office. To the extent any required endorsement is not contained on a Mortgage Note or an Assignment of Mortgage, the Depositor shall make or cause to be made such endorsement. (H) With respect to any Mortgage Loan, none of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee shall be obligated to cause to be recorded the Assignment of Mortgage referred to in this Section 2.01. In the event an Assignment of Mortgage is not recorded, the Servicer and the Trustee shall have no liability for their failure to receive and act on notices related to such Assignment of Mortgage.
25. As emphasized above in letters (A), (C), and (E) for a mortgage loan to be included into this trust it MUST include a recorded Assignment as well as an Original Note, both endorsed in blank or "Pay to the order of LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee". 26. BOA has provided a bogus Assignment, that is not recorded and a Promissory Note, both of which are endorsed to U.S. Bank National Association, as Successor Trustee to BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES 2006-AR1. 27. Besides clearly not being in compliance with the Trust, the Plaintiff BOA has failed to produce any evidence that they are "Successor by Merger to LaSalle Bank", nor is there any indication as to what U.S. Bank National Association as Successor Trustee has to do with the Plaintiff in this case. 28. A Trust cannot sue outside the parameters of its own contract that give it life and powers. Outside the PSA the Trust has no existence and no powers. 29. Such fraudulent behavior of filing foreclosure lawsuits without proper standing to do so is an increasing nationwide problem, and numerous state, federal district and bankruptcy courts have caused actions such as the present one to be dismissed for failure to state a claim. 30. As held in In Re Foreclosure Actions, "A Foreclosure plaintiff, especially one who is not identified on the note and/or mortgage at issue, must attach to its complaint documentation demonstrating that it is the owner and holder of the note and mortgage upon which suit is filed. In other words, a foreclosure plaintiff
must provide that it is the owner and holder of the note and mortgage as of the date the foreclosure action is filed. Appropriate "documentation" includes, but is not limited to, trust and/or assignment documents executed before the action was commenced, or both as circumstances may require." 2007 WL 4034554 at *1 (N.D. Ohio 2007). 31. In Nosek v. Ameriquest Mortgage Company (In re Nosek), 386 Br. 374 (Bankr D Mass. 2008), during five years in which a chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding was pending, the note and mortgage and associated claims had been prosecuted by Ameriquest which had represented itself to be the holder of the note and mortgage. It was not disclosed until later on down the road that they were merely the servicer. In addition there wasn't even an assignment of the servicing rights until three years after the chapter 13 bankruptcy had been pending. The Court had previously noted on more then one occasion that parties who do not hold the note of mortgage do not service the mortgage do not have standing to pursue motions for leave or other actions arising from the mortgage obligation. As a result of these misrepresentations, the Court sanctioned the local law firm that had been prosecuting the claim $25,000 and Ameriquest Mortgage was sanctioned $250,000. (In addition national counsel was sanctioned $100,000 and Wells Fargo Bank as trustee was sanctioned $250,000, but these sanctions were overturned on appeal). 32. In Deutsche Bank Nat'I Trust Co. v. Steels, 2008 WL 111227 (S.D. Ohio), the Court refused to allow Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust to proceed with foreclosure
proceedings until they could show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that it owned the note and mortgage when the complaint was filed. 33. Rule 1.210(a) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure provides, in pertinent part: Every action may be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, but a personal representative, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express trust, a party with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another, or a party expressly authorized by statute may sue in that person's own name without joining the party for whose benefit the action is brought... The Plaintiff, BOA, meets none of these standing and pleading criteria. 34. In Florida, the prosecution of a foreclosure action is by the owner of the mortgage and the holder of the promissory note. 35. No Florida case holds that a separate entity can maintain suit on a note payable to another entity unless the requirements of Rule 1.210(a) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure and applicable Florida law are met. Corcoran v. Brody, 347 So. 2d 689 (Fl. 4th DCA 1977). 36. Fla.R.Civ.P. Rule 1.310(b) provides that all exhibits attached to a pleading shall be considered a part of the pleading for all purposes. It appears on the face of the Plaintiffs Complaint and the documents attached thereto that the Plaintiff is not the proper party to bring this action. 37. When exhibits are inconsistent with the Plaintiffs allegations of material fact as to who the real party in interest is, such allegations cancel each other out. Fladelll v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, 772 So.2d 1240 (Fla. 2000); Greenwald v. Triple D Properties, Inc., 424 So.2d 185, 187 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983): Costa Bella Development Corp. v. Costa Development Corp., 441 So.2d 1114 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1983). 38. "The determination of standing to sue concerns a court's exercise of jurisdiction to hear and decide the cause pled by a particular party." Rosers & Ford Const. Corp. v. Carlandia Corp. 626 So.2d 1350,1352 (Fla.1993). 39. In the instant case, the Plaintiff, BOA, knew and was fully aware that it was asserting a right to foreclose as if it was the owner and holder of subject mortgage and promissory note when the Plaintiff knew that such right did not exist.
Furthermore they committed open fraud in attempting to fabricate standing to file this foreclosure case. 40. "A plea is considered 'sham' when it is palpably or inherently false, and from the plain or conceded facts in this case, must have been known to the party interposing it to be untrue." Rhea v. Halknev, 157 So. 190, 193 (Fla. ]943); O'Berrvv. Pearson, 186 So. 430 (1939); Furst v. Blackman, 744 So.2d 122(Fla. 4th DC A 1999), RelfDevelopment, In. v. Wachovia Marts. Co., 340 So.2d 1267 (Fla.4thDCA1976). 41. The integrity of the civil litigation process depends on the truthful disclosure of facts. Metropolitan Dade County v. Martinson. 736 So.2d 794 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1999), Andrews v. Palmas De Majorca Condo. 898 So.2d 1066 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). 42. A trial court has the inherent authority, within the exercise of sound judicial discretion, to dismiss an action when a Plaintiff has perpetrated a fraud on the court. Arzuman v. Sand, 843 So.2d 950 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003), Piunno v. R.F. Concrete Constr.. Inc.. 904 So.2d 658 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). 43. A party guilty of fraud or misconduct in the prosecution of a civil proceeding should not be permitted to continue to employ the judiciary to achieve its ends. Andrews v. Palms De Majorca Condominium, 898 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). 44. It is appropriate for the trial court to dismiss an action based on fraud, where there is blatant showing of fraud, pretense, collusion, or other similar wrongdoing. Pistefano v. StateFarm Mutual Auitomobile Ins. Co.. 846 So.2d 572, 574 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003).
45. Defendant seeks a dismissal of the Plaintiffs complaint on the basis of fraud on the court and under the circumstances of this case, "a formal evidentiary hearing on this motion to dismiss, as well as permissible discovery prior to the hearing, is required." Dynasty Express Corporation v. Weiss. 675 So.2d 235, 239 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). 46. Unfortunately, such factual situations like this occur all of the time, and BOA files thousands of foreclosure lawsuits throughout the country, while never
owning the note in many suits they bring, while they make the same fraudulent claims before the court, often going unchallenged as they foreclose on peoples' homes. 47. Florida Rule 1540(b) also gives relief from judgment, decrees or orders if there is merit to the case, which there is in this case. In paragraph (b) on motion and upon such terms that are just, the court may relieve a party or a party's legal representative from a final judgment, decree, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: Mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; Newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial or rehearing; and iii. Fraud (whether heretofore denominated intrinsic or extrinsic), misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party. The rule does not limit the power of a court to entertain an independent action to relieve a party from a judgment, decree, order or proceeding or to set aside a judgment or decree for fraud upon the court. From the plaintiffs own pleading, it is easy to see where there have been both fraud and misrepresentation in this case. WHEREFORE, the Defendants, CELIZENA JULME; VILAMAR JULME, request this Court to Cancel the foreclosure sale scheduled for October 29, 2009 pending a full Evidentiary Hearing; vacate the Final Judgment of Foreclosure, dismiss the Plaintiffs complaint with prejudice; award the Defendant attorney's fees and for all other relief to which the Defendant proves himself entitled.