Month: June 2021

Judge Lamberth placed his stamp of approval on the July 13 deadline for a response by Treasury to the sealed discovery motion the parties requested, and a copy of the…

The Fifth Circuit has requested letter briefs not to exceed five pages from FHFA, the Collins Plaintiffs and the Justice Dept. about how they think the case should proceed on…

The Collins decision was released this morning and a copy is available at https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-422_k537.pdf at no charge.

Rop v. FHFA The parties submitted a third status report to the Sixth Circuit’s Mediation Office last week.  Briefing remains in abeyance pending receipt of another status report on Sept.…

The parties are asking Judge Lamberth to extend Treasury’s deadline to respond to Fairholme’s sealed discovery motion to July 13.  The parties say they’ve resolved one attorney-client privilege dispute and…

Following Tuesday’s status conference, Judge Lamberth agreed to extend expert discovery and other litigation deadlines by eight weeks in anticipation of a trial commencing on Mon., July 11, 2022.   A…

A copy of the First Circuit’s order applying its Montilla decision saying FHFA is not a government actor to the Sisti case on which Judge Sweeney relied is available at http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/20-2025P-01A.pdf at…

The First Circuit has concluded in Montilla v. Fannie Mae that FHFA is not a government actor.  A copy of yesterday’s decision is available at http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/20-1673P-01A.pdf at no charge.

Debra Brown, Esq., at Brown & Associates LLC in Beverly, Mass., asked the First Circuit for permission yesterday to file a tardy amicus brief addressing two cases not brought to…

Judge Lamberth entered an order this afternoon giving Treasury until June 22 to respond to the sealed discovery request Fairholme filed on May 26, and a copy of that order…