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JP MORGAN :
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4 Plaintiff : # 05579-12
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v. : Chester County
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16 Home is the American dream. It is the biggest purchase of our lives, and our lives are
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lived within this sacred space. Is there such thing as a lawful foreclosure?
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19 Yes, of course there is but this is not one of them. As a former attorney with an
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MBA who practiced in two states and federally, I am SADDENED AND
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22 SHOCKED that we have to resort to these motions after months of clearly notifying
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all parties of the errors that led us here- not to mention the inexplicable and
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25 indefensible action by the trial court to take $119 from us as a fee for our timely filed
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Petition To Open with attached Answer and New Matter and then promptly
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1 But there is something more simple and elegant that should stop this madness-
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proof of the truth evidence of owner identity, and confirmation of fraud and lies by
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4 both Chase and Phelan Law Firm, who continue their RICO crimes unchecked by
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any court we are aware of.
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NEW EVIDENCE: THE MORTGAGE IS VOID
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10 In the Batipps case, it is concluded that the proper reading of 444 is that it
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provides that an improperly acknowledged mortgage is per se fraudulent.
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13 For the last 5 years, through 3 different lawsuits arising from alleged default,
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Chase has averred and sworn under oath that it holds the Note and Mortgage of
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16 $600k executed on 10/15/04 and that there was and is no assignments or other title
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chain complexities. Days ago, we discovered what we knew was true- Chase and
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1 DISCUSSION
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The Standard for Dismissal Under Fed. R.C.P. 12(b)(6)
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7 out sufficient factual matter to show that the claim is facially plausible Fowler v.
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UPMC Shadyside, 578 F.3d 203, 210 (3d Cir. 2009).
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10 In deciding a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, a court must accept as true all factual
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allegations contained in the complaint and construe all reasonable inferences drawn
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13 therefrom in the light most favorable to the plaintiff- unless proof is uncovered that
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evidences those presumed truthful averments as fraud and lies.
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22 allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the
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misconduct alleged. The plausibility standard is not akin to a probability
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25 requirement, but it asks for more than a sheer possibility that a defendant has acted
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unlawfully. In short, proof is in the pudding- and until now, we only knew that
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1 Chase was not the holder in due course, but an audit revealed the foundation of their
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false claim and fraud upon the court.
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4 Where a complaint pleads facts that are merely consistent with a defendants
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liability, it stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of entitlement
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7 to relief.Ashcroft, 129 S.Ct. at 1949 (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550
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U.S. 544, 556-57 (2007).
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13 conduct a two-part analysis to determine whether a claim survives the Rule 12(b)(6)
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motion.
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16 First, a court must distinguish between the factual and legal elements of the
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claim. Second, a court must determine whether based upon the facts alleged the
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22 allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the
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misconduct alleged. Ashcroft, 129 S.Ct. at 1949.
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25 A court may not accept as true threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of
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action, supported by mere conclusory statements. Fowler, 578 F.3d at 210 quoting
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1 Until now, all we had was a he said we said Mexican stand-off now we have a
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smoking gun and Chase has its fingerprints all over it.
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7 of the United States provide a guarantee of procedural due process before property is
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taken, and that minimum due process must be maintained and enforced by the
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10 courts- the branch of the government with the power to decide these civil capital
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punishment cases of foreclosure, which is the most significant deprivation of life,
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13 liberty or property one may ever endure or is ever likely to traumatically occur.
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As the court is obligated to provide procedural due process in this matter, we
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22 heard, we heretofore have not enjoyed one minute of on the record hearings in this
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very important matter whereby a plaintiff is fraudulently attempting to steal our home
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25 without standing to do so, and to date, been enabled (innocently perhaps) by the
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system of the courts which has not protected our rights.
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1 We asked for a hearing and were ignored- and never even saw the face of the
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judge in this case. There are only pleadings as a record, and despite the right to
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4 judicial process in foreclosure in PA and our responsive pleadings filed LAST YEAR
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(not to mention the answer and 500 pages of other pleadings we filed in the previous
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7 action regarding the identical cause of action) that should have not allowed the filing
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of a default praecipe, as we have not had our day in court.
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13 mailed, we have been deprived of our right to procedural due process and thereby
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estopped any process from lawfully proceeding to the Opportunity to be Heard?
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16 The Fourteenth Amendment provides that no state shall deprive any person of
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life, liberty, or property without due process of law. U.S. Const. amend. XIV
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19 PROCEDURAL HISTORY
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In 2004 we bought a home for 750k, putting up 150k in cash. Only one of us
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22 signed the Note and both signed the Mortgage, which was not countersigned. At the
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time, we thought by fraudulent inducement that we were in fact being lent real
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1 We deposited nearly 20k in the initial escrow account, and while we paid over
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four grand a month faithfully, a recent pleading by Plaintiff/Chase cites figures that
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7 until the crash of 2008 saw the loss of employment and income for both of us.
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In 2007, 2008 and 2012 J.P. Morgan initiated Foreclosure Action in Chester
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13 The Mortgage secured a note executed August 11, 2005 in the amount of $1,462,500
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(the Note). Both the Note and Mortgage were originally executed in favor of Chase
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16 Home Finance LLC- and through three foreclosure lawsuits, no assignment was
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recorded nor averred nor mentioned nor admitted to.
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19 Why? Because the truth is the enemy of the criminal, and Chase is the mafia of
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Manhattan, the Feudal Lord of the Federal Reserve they are Butch Cassidy and the
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1 Rule 237.5 for the form of notice of intention to enter a judgment by default:
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(b) This rule does not apply to a judgment entered
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(1) By an order of court,
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(2) Upon praecipe pursuant to an order of court, or
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(3) Pursuant to a rule to show cause.
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Official Note
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14 Rule 3284 requires that in proceedings to fix fair market value of real property
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sold, notice must be given pursuant to the requirements of Rule 237.1 et seq
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ABUSE OF DISCRETION by CHASE, PHELAN and INNOCENT
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22 ignoring our petition to open, or our request that the court simply correct error and
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remand for trial as we had received a trial date listing! All of this should support the
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25 reversal of judgment and granting of our timely filed petition to open with answer and
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counter claims new matter.
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1 A petition to open a default judgment is an appeal to the equitable powers of
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the court, and absent an error of law or a clear, manifest abuse of discretion, its
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4 decision thereon will not be disturbed on appeal. Kelly v. Siuma, 34 A.3d 86, 91
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(Pa. Super. 2011), appeal denied, __ Pa. __, 42 A.3d 294 (2012).
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13 the default judgment should have been opened. Our Rules provide that an appellants
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argument must contain citation to relevant authorities as well as reference to the
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16 portions of the record and evidence that support the issue on appeal. See Pa.R.A.P.
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2119(b)-(d).
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22 client was and still is the real party in interest as of the date of the filing of the lawsuit
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in all past and present foreclosure actions filed by the firm.
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28 sanctions.
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1 Without the opportunity to be heard, we were denied procedural due process as
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a prerequisite for being sanctioned. Without procedural due process, the court
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7 suits without authority of real party in interest they are vexatious litigants.
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Because mortgage deeds have been resold by banks and bundled into tranches
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10 that are sold all over the earth, you can bet that 30 to 60% of all foreclosures filed by
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plaintiffs who dont have the real mortgage deed to prove they are the real party in
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13 interest.
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Therefore, Phelan and other law firms that function as foreclosure mills
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16 routinely file foreclosure actions without the authority of the real party in
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interest. That suggests that if you had ten cases filed by those attorneys, at least three
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22 been successful in that defendants probably didnt understand Rule 17(a) and
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unwittingly assented to lose their homes. I wouldnt bet that such past cases could
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25 be used as evidence of vexatious litigants since the attorneys won (if unfairly) those
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lawsuits.
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1 But if a defendant in one current foreclosure action found that Chase and
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Phelan have filed many foreclosures without a real party in interest, then there
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4 would be evidence of a recurring pattern of lawless conduct by bank and their law
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firm. Such pattern might be grounds for vexatious litigant charges, recurring
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7 barratry charges or even a RICO suit. We are filing a Federal lawsuit in the amount of
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one trillion dollars- no joke- to establish a legal aid fund for families unable to hire
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10 counsel.
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As a result of Chases wrongful and deceitful actions, investors purchased what
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13 were purported to be, but were in reality not, our Note and Mortgage was sold and
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thusly satisfied when conveyed to a securities backed trust on Wall Street in a pool of
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16 hundreds of other mortgage notes in the manner required to establish the trust in the
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manner represented- but then those derivatives lost value when home prices collapsed
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19 and the securitization and bifurcation of the note and mortgage presented, well, a
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major legal hurdle for judicial foreclosure.
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22 FACTS
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The factual and procedural histories of this action go beyond this case- and the
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25 complexity of this is compounded by the fact that the certified record on appeal is the
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sum of the pleadings, as no hearing was ever granted despite our requests for a
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28 hearing.
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1 For reasons quite legitimate, we did not file an answer but a half dozen motions
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as our responsive pleading. The Court waited until Thanksgiving to deny two of
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4 them- and then served the order to a random Malvern address (see docket).
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Add this to the fact that Judge Shenkin, who presided over the two year fight
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7 over the identical cause of action, issued an order in September 2012 that prohibited
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all parties from filing any pleadings regarding this cause of action- if we did so, they
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13 jurisdictional claims, for Judge Shenkin could have simply ignored the pleadings of
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this case for lack of jurisdiction- but he clearly saw that Chase was forum shopping in
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16 bad faith.
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Chase did not file a single pleading for 10 months no reply to any of our
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22 the entry of default judgment and the Prothonotary entered judgment in his favor on
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that date. On 4/28/13 Appellants presented a petition to open tmely filed with
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25 answer and new matter, as well as a motion to strike the default judgment and a
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motion to stay the sheriff sale to the trial court, which resulted in absolutely nothing
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We repeat- the petition and the motions were ignored.
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7 As stated, the Shenkin case was revivable- but they did not cite it as required on
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the cover page of new complaint. Therefore, both of which were active during the
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13 Despite the fact we filed a petition to open the default judgment timely, we
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seek the relief of this court because the trial court refuses to address our pleadings.
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16 The trial court entered NO order denying or granting petition to open- and no refund
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of our $119 was issued- a gross injustice. In 2013, the case was scheduled for a trial
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22 and we raised the fact that there had been no ruling on Petition by letters sent to
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Judge, Sheriff, Prothonotary, Phelan and Court Administraor: Exhibit M. Sensing the
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25 possibility of being stuck waiting for a decision on the Petition, we waited 29 days and
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since no action on the Petition was taken by the Judge and no error correction was
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1 Aware of the possibility of due process after the fact and filed a notice of appeal
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from the faulty default judgment, not order.
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13 Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 311 provides that [a]n appeal may
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be taken as of right from [a]n order refusing to open, vacate or strike off a
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16 judgment. If orders opening, vacating or striking off a judgment are sought in the
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alternative, no appeal may be filed until the court has disposed of each claim for
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22 open until the trial court ruled on said Petition (or any of the Motions).
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Furthermore, the notice of appeal filed cited with specificity the trial courts
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25 failure to even address the petition to open the default judgment. As seen in K.H. v.
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J.R., 573 Pa. 481, 494, 828 A.2d 863, 871 (2003) ([A] notice of appeal from the
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28 entry of judgment will be viewed as drawing into question any prior non-final orders)
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1 While we know an order is not final for purposes of appeal unless it disposes of
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all the claims of all the parties, as per Pa.R.A.P. 341, and despite the filing of our
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4 answer and new matter counterclaims pending since no determination has been made
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on the Petition, many Motions nor the amount of damages- which Phelan unilaterally
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16 the Motions for Relief from Error and Mistake, the Motion To Stay Sale, etc. The
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court should have striken the default judgment entered as Chase failed to mail us as
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19 well as attach to praecipe a copy of the 10 notice to enter default judgment prior to
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filing the praecipe for default judgment.
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22 DISCUSSION
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We know that we must exhaust all local remedies before seeking the attention
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25 of the higher Courts. But as the sale is still pending- only 3 weeks away- we must have
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the attention in this matter of an objective jurist. Our children, our lives are
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1 Where a fatal defect or irregularity is apparent from face of the record, the
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prothonotary will be held to lack authority to enter default judgment and default
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4 judgment will be considered void. Id. Chase Bank, N.A. v. Lupori, 8 A.3d 919, 920-
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21 (Pa. Super. 2010).
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10 to the assessment of damages. Well, they did not let the Court compute damages.
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Thus, we aver this Court has jurisdiction to determine both this appeal and motion to
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13 stay sheriff sale despite the fact that the question of damages remains outstanding (see
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Motion to Reassess Damages by Chase and Reply, Exhibit R)
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19 court should first shoulder the simple burden of submitting proof that he has
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given notice to his opponent that the opponent has come under a duty to appear in
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25 notice, nor the orders sent to the wrong address, nor the service of sheriff sale notice
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was proper. In fact, it was served to a mentally disabled incompetent we care for
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28 without compensation. Not only may the prothonotary NOT provide equitable relief,
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1 nor compute damages without evidence, it is the duty of the prothonotary to insure
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that the prerequisites for entry of a default judgment have been satisfied before
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7 a copy of all pleadings, petitions, motions, rules or answers thereto, or notices or other
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papers required to be served on another party, shall be served in the manner provided
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10 by Pa.R.C.P. 440 which governs the service of papers other than original Process.
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The 10-day notice was required to be served on us then pursuant to state rule,
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13 and that 10- day notice had to be attached to motion for default judgment. We were
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neither sent notice nor was notice purported to be sent by attachment to praecipe (yet
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19 local rules shall not be inconsistent with any general rule of the Supreme Court or
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any Act of Assembly. Pa.R.C.P. 239(b)(1).
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22 Pa.R.C.P. 237.1 does require the 10-day notice to be filed with the filing of the
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praecipe for entry of default judgment. This is clear language in Pa.R.C.P. 237.1
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1 We also argue that the trial court erred in NOT DETERMINING a timely
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petition to open default judgment which was paid for by check for $119.
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4 In ignoring the petition to open the default judgment, the trial court not only
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has erred, but the Court, with respect, in fact abused their discretion as the certified
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7 record does not contain any order relating to filed petition to open.
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QUESTIONS
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13 move this court to dismiss this action, or perhaps a Federal Court hearing a 12(b)
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motion to dismiss based on fraud and new evidence?
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19 Whether the trial court erred and abused its discretion by NOT RULING on
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Appellants petition to open the judgment entered improperly without 10-day notice
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25 This court may address the issue of our petition only absent a misapplication of
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the law or a clear abuse of discretion by the trial court. See Boatin v. Miller, 955 A.2d
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1 We aver that the trial court erred in not denying but IGNORING their
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petition to open and motion to strike default judgment because judgment violated
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7 Under Pennsylvania law, liens are classified into three categories: (1) common
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law liens; (2) statutory liens; and (3) equitable liens. An equitable lien is an equitable
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10 remedy designed to provide redress in cases where the obligors retention of property
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or proceeds thereof would constitute unjust enrichment.
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13 The creation of an equitable lien arises from proof of (1) an obligation; (2) a res
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to which the obligation attaches; and (3) an intent held by all the parties that the
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19 104 (Pa. Super. 1982) (setting forth burden to establish an equitable lien).
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The Defendants also contend that an equitable lien granted to J.P. Morgan in
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22 the amount of $700k plus against the Property (the equitable remedy only a court
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can order) and imposed by the Chester County Court pursuant to NOT any signed
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25 order by a Judge but a mere fatally defective praecipe and motion for default
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judgment signed improperly by Prothontary and dated April 17, 2013 (the improper
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1 It must be struck as two fatal defects appear upon its face, quite glaringly.
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Lack on notice sent to us, and lack of notice attached to motion/praecipe.
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4 Additionally there should have been no computation of damages by anyone but the
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Court.
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10 for unliquidated damages (without any direction from a court) based solely on a
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plaintiffs request for a default judgment. At most (and this too is contested), the
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13 Prothonotary can only enter into the docket a default judgment for liquidated
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damages that can be mathematically computed from the attached documents. See Pa.
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25 the plaintiffs foreclosure complaint as required by Pennsylvania law. See Pa. R. Civ.
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P. 1019(i).
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1 A fortiori, judgments entered by Prothonotary, and absent court direction, that
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include unliquidated damages (like the so-called reasonable attorney fees) are void.
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4 Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 237 delineates the procedure for the
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notice of praecipe for final judgment. Pa.R.C.P. 237.1(a) specifically provides:
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10 of intention to file the praecipe was mailed or delivered (ii)after the failure to
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plead and at least ten days prior to the date of the filing of the praecipe to the party
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16 Appellants and Pa.R.C.P. 237 et seq.: A petition to strike a judgment will only be
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granted where a fatal defect in the judgment is apparent on the face of the record. See
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19 Williams [v. Wade], 704 A.2d [132,] 134 [(Pa. Super. 1997)] (quoting U.K LaSalle,
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Inc. [v. Lawless], 618 A.2d [447,] 449 [(Pa.Super. 1992)]).
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22 Here, the record does not evidence service of 10 day notice but shows Chase
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did not attach the ten day notice of intention to take default judgment required by
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25 Rule 237.5.
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1 We did not provide any other address of record for service of pleadings and
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notices. See Pa.R.Civ. P. 440(a)(2). Yet the Malvern address is there is black and
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7 default judgment with the praecipe for default judgment. See Pa. R.C.P. 237.
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Bank only had to certify in its praecipe to enter default judgment that the
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10 notice had been provided to Appellants in writing, at least ten days prior to the filing
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of Chases praecipe and was further obligated to attach to its praecipe a copy of the ten
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16 through Phelan did not comply with Pa.R.C.P. 237. What greater fatal defect in the
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judgment [that] is apparent on the face of the record can there be other than no notice
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19 and no attachment of notice? We contend that trial court erred and abused its
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discretion by ignoring Appellants petition to open the default judgment.
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22 To open a default judgment, the movant must promptly file a petition to that
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effect, must plead a meritorious defense to the claims raised in the complaint, and
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25 then provide a reasonable excuse for not filing a responsive pleading, and we did so
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within 10 days. Seeger v. First Union National Bank, 836 A.2d 163, 165 (Pa. Super.
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1 Here, petition to open was filed 10 days after the default judgment was taken.
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This was a prompt filing. See, e.g., McCoy v. Pub. Acceptance Corp., 305 A.2d 698,
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4 700 (Pa. 1973) (finding two and one-half week delay in filing petition to open after
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default was not prompt filing as a measure of timeliness).
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10 Boatin v. Miller, 955 A.2d 424, 429 (Pa. Super. 2008) (explaining that in order to
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state a meritorious defense, a petitioner need only allege a defense that entitles him to
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16 redundant complaint despite the Shenkin case that should have been revived. No
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order was sent to us by Judge Griffith (sent to Malvern address) and no 10 day notice
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19 of intention to take default judgment were sent to the address of us, the
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Defendants/Appellants.
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25 recognizing res judicata bars party from bringing claims that could have been brought
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as a part of prior action); Olick v. House (In re Olick), Adv. No. 10-38, 2011 WL
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1 The doctrine of res judicata bars not only claims that were brought in a
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previous action, but also claims that could have been brought in that action arising
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7 trial, dismissed it unilaterally without our consent or even notice. Therefore, as there
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was no external excuse for why they withdrew the case other than the knowledge of
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10 lack of standing and possible criminal charges for fraud, Chase deprived itself of the
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second bite at the apple, which is allowed for Plaintiffs who cannot, for a reason other
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16 rather than file a new case- seeking in bad faith to distance itself from the very
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incriminating Shenkin record.
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But they lied, about everything.
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So long as the federal plaintiff effectively seeks to negate the force of the
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25 judgment, it is not possible for the federal court to exercise jurisdiction without
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exercising appellate review of the validity of the state court judgment. In re
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28 Sabertooth, LLC, 443 B.R. 671, 685 (Bankr. E.D. Pa. 2011).
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1 Since we have encountered inexplicable inaction from the trial court (a
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misnomer as we have not enjoyed one minute inside his courtroom) this Federal
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4 Court is not barred from yielding justice of a temporary injunction or righting the
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procedural errors and mistakes both intentional and innocent.
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7 Unlike many attempts to attract the gavel of the Federal jurists by foreclosure
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defendants, this case should be viewed as exempt from the preclusions presumed
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10 pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine, as this court not only does NOT lack
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subject matter jurisdiction to hear the our claim, it has, we aver, a moral responsibility
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16 motions (attached as Exhibits) we filed and we do not accuse the Judge of any crimes,
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only unaccounted and unjustified inaction betrayed by the back and white proof of
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25 assignment fraudulently concealed are not barred by issue preclusion as we brought all
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of these affirmative defenses up in both the case pleadings in this matter and the
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28 preceding action with Judge Shenkin which yielded over a THOUSAND PAGES.
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1 This record of discovery helped us and hurt them, resulting in their strategic
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dismissal/forum shopping which is the case at bar.
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10 courts have refused to grant an equitable lien or relief of sheriff sale as a remedy.
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See, e.g., In re Fowler, 425 B.R. 157, 208 (Bankr. E.D. Pa. 2010) (recognizing
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13 that prior to imposing an equitable lien Pennsylvania courts consider the balance of
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equities, including the relative culpability and innocence of the parties, to determine
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16 whether equitable lien is warranted); Williard v. Millersburg Trust Co., 48 Pa. D.&C.
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2d 149, 160 (Ct. Com. Pl. 1969)
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19 The doctrine of res judicata bars not only claims that were brought in a
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previous action, but also claims that could have been brought in that action arising
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1 A movant must, in accordance with Federal procedures, satisfy the applicable
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standards for injunctive relief. In re Wedgewood Realty Group, Ltd., 878 F.2d 693,
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4 701 (3d Cir. 1989). To be eligible for injunctive relief a party has the burden of
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establishing each of the following: (1) a substantial likelihood of success on the merits;
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7 (2) the party will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief; (3) the
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harm to the party outweighs the harm to its opponent that may be caused by
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10 injunctive relief; and (4) injunctive relief is in accordance with public interest.
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The burden lies with the plaintiff to establish every element in its favor, or the
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16 We agree that this is our burden, and we offer the proof of the newly discovered
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evidence, the fact that Chase made us litigate for two years IN VAIN and dropped the
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19 case when we DEFENDED IT SO WELL they knew they could not win- why else
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would they dismiss and WAIT TWO YEARS until AFTER the national settlement
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25 that Chase has no standing by proof of the recent assignment we found meets the first
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condition (1) a reasonable likelihood of a successful defense; the scheduled sale of our
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1 This is real imminent, irreparable harm to the homeowners; our situation is
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similar to millions of others experiencing fraud in foreclosure and our home represents
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10 the third and fourth prong of the test as (3) the balance of the relative harm between
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the homeowners and the largest bank in America would be restrained; and (4) the
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19 NOT own the note, but that if we went to Court, we may be able to not only
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disprove that by omission but evidence the identity of the true owner- which we do
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25 who can still retain deep inside my educated brain presumed our timely Petition
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would return litigation to the status of April 16th and proceed to discovery and trial.
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1 We had no reason to suspect the Prothonotary would allow judgment to be
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taken by default with such defects. We have offered a meritorious defense in the
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4 Petition, that is, one which is sufficient to justify relief if proven. See SEPTA v.
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DiAntonio, 618 A.2d 1182 (Pa. Commw. 1992).
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7 The trial court did not make a ruling for the Petition but we urge this court to
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assess our answer and counter claims for their level of merit- or, easier and quicker, see
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10 Exhibit A and anyone with a reasonable mind would agree that the default judgment
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should thus be opened and that, MOST IMPORTANTLY, the sheriff sale of our
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13 home- which Chase we can now prove is but a servicer (if that at all, as NO BILLS
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have been sent to us since 2010) should be stayed pending adjudication of the state
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19 of the merits of that issue as well as a dozen more, from standing to sanctions, fraud to
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financial accounting. Further, the default judgment entered may be opened by this
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22 court and remanded back to trial court as an alternative to the TRO and/or stay of
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sale. As Chase did not offer any explanation for its failure to respond to Counter
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25 claims as well as every motion we filed, their silence and failure to refute, deny or
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rebut averments of fraud, usury and other crimes both civil and criminal are by default
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1 Violation of Rule 1037(b)(1) Unliquidated Damages and Void Judgments
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The amount of the illegal and improper April 17th 2013 default judgment by
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7 computed from the documents that Chase attached to its foreclosure complaint
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because, well, Chase did not attach anything to the 3 page complaint nor with any of
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10 its pleadings- in fact, they failed to reply to ANY of our motions- they all went
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uncontested, even the Petition, and yet, all were denied or ignored.
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13 Act 6 (41 P.S. 503) Court And Only Court Can Determine Reasonableness
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of Attorney Fees in Foreclosure Proceedings
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16 Chase or its debt collector, Phelan, as noted above, calculated and determined
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the reasonableness of its own attorney fees and then made an award of those attorney
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22 reasonable or even had been incurred by plaintiff. Pennsylvania Act 6, 41 P.S. 503
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and the note and mortgage here, explicitly require that the court award lenders
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25 counsel attorney fees for foreclosure proceedings. See generally Bavarian Motor
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Works v. Neal, 882 A.2d 1022 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2005).
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1 If a borrower or debtor, including but not limited to a residential mortgage
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debtor, prevails in an action arising under this act, he shall recover the aggregate
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4 amount of costs and expenses determined by the court to have been reasonably
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incurred on his behalf in connection with the prosecution of such action, together
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7 with a reasonable amount for attorneys fee. In addition, the court, not the lender,
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must determine who, if anyone, is the prevailing party. See LIPA, 503. No such
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10 court determinations were made here, as evidenced by the docket entries. For
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example, the note only authorized reasonable attorney fees as required by
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13 Pennsylvania law. Loan Interest and Protect Law, 41 P.S. 403 (LIPA).
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But the foreclosure complaint (and the default judgment) included fees of
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16 $5,000 that had only been alleged to be reasonable without any documentation.
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Any lender (or debt collector) under a note much less a mortgage without a
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19 Note and clearly under Pennsylvania law is not authorized to unilaterally determine
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the reasonableness of its own fees. LIPA, 503. Only a court, not the plaintiff acting
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25 LIPA, 406(3)(e). Therefore Pennsylvania law limits fees to only those fees that are
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reasonable and actually incurred by the lender. LIPA, 406(2).
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1 Here, no pleading regarding the alleged $5,000 as a reasonable fee was
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incurred or already paid by the lender or trustee to its foreclosure counsel for this
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4 foreclosure proceeding was filed, or if filed, it was withdrawn nor was there any
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pleading that would support the reasonableness of those fees.
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10 averred that there were a number of other unauthorized, undocumented charges, both
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in our unpaid principal balance account and in escrow account. The charges, in part,
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13 are highlighted by our specific exhibit of the closing document (Exhibit Z) of the
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escrow we funded, and in our answer and New Matter, which are incorporated herein.
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16 Moreover, it is believed and therefore averred that (1) the prerequisites to the
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imposition of certain of those charges required advance notice which was not provided
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19 and (2) some of our payments were misapplied misallocated, including payments that
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were placed in non-interest bearing so-called suspense or unapplied balance
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22 accounts.
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These defenses are also set forth in our Verified Answer and are incorporated
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25 herein.
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1 FAILURE TO PROSECUTE IN GOOD FAITH
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Remember- Chase filed the complaint in June of 2012 and then disappeared-
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4 they stalled and waited until the right moment and without sending us a 10 day
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notice, obtained by guile their faulty default judgment no pun intended.
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10 addressed this petition in April but now it is July and still- nothing. We provided to
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the trial court the ordered itemization of errors and mistakes both in a memo and in a
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13 motion that was filed but rendered moot as the prothonotary stated (in the docket-
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they gave us no notice of this) that the pleadings were unsigned- so we are unsure if
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16 the Judge saw them- there is a double standard epidemic against pro se litigants, and
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this comes from a former licensed attorney in three jurisdictions. We have paid all fees
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19 and we have filed a Motion to Stay Sheriff Sale in May with Chester County- but like
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the Petition, it has been ignored. According to the docket, a default judgment was
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22 entered that day. We seek to open that judgment in order and we know that, if our
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Petition had NOT been ignored, we would only be entitled to relief if we indeed show
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25 that (1) our petition had been promptly filed, (2) their failure to act before the default
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judgment was entered can be excused, and (3) they have a meritorious objection. See
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1 The petitions to open were filed 4/28/13 ten days following entry of the bogus
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judgment. Any court should, in a microsecond, find the petition to be timely.
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7 Strike Judgment and last but not least the vast averments of our Counter-Claims prior
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to entry of the default judgment makes little legal strategic logic.
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10 Prior to the default, we had actively participated in the litigation by way of the
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slew of UNCONTESTED MOTIONS filed in JULY of 2012 and not determined
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13 until FOUR MONTHS LATER and then it was mailed to the wrong address in the
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docket. That is central to why we did not produce an Answer- coupled with the
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16 SHENKIN ORDER of 9/12 that rendered all pleadings relating to this cause of
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action MOOT and the bad luck of not being mailed order nor the trial listing
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19 reminder (sent to Malvern address). How can Chester County court system allow this
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to happen? We know what we are doing and we can still not stop this runaway train.
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22 How can the prothonotary deny us default judgment yet enter Chases default without
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a) the attached notice and b) without any accounting of nearly million dollars they
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25 seek and then disregard our default judgment praecipe filed by us properly structured
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with notice attachments and without seeking a sum specific as valid where a party,
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1 We ask the Court to recognize the pattern here, and ask themselves:
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1) Why the double standard?
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5 2) Why was Petition to Open ignored? We paid $119 and it was cashed
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7 3) Why did the judge address the later filed Notice to Appeal (which we filed as
8 insurance as we feared the injustice that occurred- the Judge would ignore it!)
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10 We aver the trial court abused its discretion. The April 17th 2013 judgment was
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fatally defective, and the subsequent Writ was obtained before 10 days had elapsed- in
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13 effect, denying us the window for Petition to Open which we filed timely- exactly 10
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days after the default judgment was improperly entered.
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16 As our petition was timely and contained the requisite showing that Appellants
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had a meritorious defense to the underlying action and a reasonable explanation for
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22 NO ORDER- we mean the judgment- a void judgment stamped with the signature
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of the prothonotary on the default judgment- and address the Courts unexplained
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1 We moved for a default judgment on its CounterClaims against Chase for
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failure to file an Answer thereto- and despite the ATTACHMENT OF 10 DAY
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10 The next day we sent a check for the appeal to them- and they certainly
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acknowledged and cashed that fee payment in the docket. Why?
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13 Why did they sign defective default judgment for Chase without notice
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attached and with unsupported damage amounts unverified and unaccounted for in
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16 the high six figures, which is illegal and improper as per PA law?
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SERVICE ERRORS
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19 Since we must articulate all errors and mistakes, it needs to be noted that Chase
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served the notice of sheriff sale to a non relative who is mentally disabled. According
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22 to Exhibit E, this service was performed at the incorrect Malvern address first, then
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the correct one. However, this is not proper service, as a mentally disabled non-
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25 relative we voluntarily care for is not a competent adult by legal standards and did not
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inform us of the service, as he is clueless.
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1 In violation of FDRCPA, Chase and Phelan sent to us a FAKE COURT
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NOTICE as evidenced by exhibit F (F for fake) which at first glance is clearly
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7 This is not only another example of the dozens of frauds throughout this case-
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it violates the Least Sophisticated Debtor rule by confusing the Defendant.
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16 Repeat- before waiting to see if we filed a Petition to Open and before getting a
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proper Writ of Execution, heck- before going to the Sheriff to approve it all- they just
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19 play God and say that the sale is happening- in fact, on page two, it states that the
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property was seized- not going to be seized but the past tense suggesting to even
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22 an imbecile that the conveyance has already occurred (in direct contradiction of both
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reality and the boilerplate notice on page one advising us that we have rights and we
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1 CONCLUSION
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On April 17th 2013, the Defendants filed a praecipe for default judgment- yet
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4 they PAID THE FEE 3 days prior, before it was granted. Why? Its a sure thing when
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you are part of the system, sadlyWe contend that J.P. Morgans mortgage on the
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10 demonstratum, this case must be dismissed at most, opened at least and the sale must
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be stayed. If we do not obtain a stay or TRO, we will be forced to stop the sale by
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13 filing bankruptcy, which will deepen the damage done to us by the private and public
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parties involved. Certainly, the Federal lawsuit for wrongful foreclosure and fraud we
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16 are filing will be augmented by any involuntary bankruptcy filing, and we will seek
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remedy for this wrongful sale if it proceeds without the allowance of due process and
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25 including the fact that it is void by failure to attach 10 day notice and computation of
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damages without the Court), the new evidence discovered proving that this entire case
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28 is based upon lies and Chase sold the Note and assigned the mortgage in 2005.
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1 Also, we seek the Court to allow us to obtain the default judgment ignored and denied
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by prothonotary (Exhibit D) by Chases failure to answer the new matter counter
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4 claims in our attached Verified Answer and New Matter attached to the Petition to
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Open we filed timely within 10 days of default judgment entry.
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7 Also, we ask the Court to declare the mortgage and any other claims or rights claimed
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by J.P. Morgan under the mortgage against the Plaintiffs, including any equitable
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10 liens invalid as per the newly discovered evidence of the assignment in 2005 FROM
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Chase to SASCO 4XS;(2) enjoin the original third foreclosure action 05579-12 as it is
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13 barred by collateral estoppel and based solely on the validity of the note and mortgage
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Chase and Phelan conspired for 5 years to conceal the true holder of and assignment
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16 to;(3) declare that J.P. Morgan may have committed fraud and this request for
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sanctions against them and Phelan required a hearing and finally that Chase has no
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19 valid claim in this case and should be dismissed with prejudice and award us
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reasonable attorneys fees and costs for defending the invalid action 3 times over FIVE
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22 YEARS all for what is a fraudulent (and frivolous) legal action that reflects a federal
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racketeering enterprise of a lily white collar nature or, in not, at least (4) grant a TRO
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25 or stay of sheriff sale pending the appeal and adjudication of our Federal lawsuit (5)
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provide any other relief which this Court may deem necessary.
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1 Chase and Phelan deserve sanctions and a check and balance for this egregious and
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continually unchecked abuse of discretion and fraud upon the courts.
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10 the U.S. Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) and
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Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009), and contained only vague conclusive
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13 statements. Most believe that remedy of any nature is barred by the Rooker-Feldman
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doctrine that precludes the Court from reviewing and/or overturning the state court
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16 judgments. But that is not applicable here- because the Court MADE NO
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JUDGMENTS! The Court ignored Petition and other Motions, and denied the
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19 existence of our counter claims when the default judgment we sought last week was
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ignored by Prothonotary. Therefore, as the trial court LITERALLY failed us by
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25 THE RIGHT THING- which is not siding with us on the merits of our
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defense/counter claims- but opening the judgment or issuing a stay pending the
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28 adjudication of due process in all forums and jurisdictions for this issue.
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1 But we realize that Federal courts are very cautious about this issue- and may
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think they must exercise abstention given that the validity of the Mortgage is the
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7 DESTROY LIVES if mishandled not unlike a criminal capital case. This court should
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impose a stay and have case remanded by another judge in the county- although we
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13 the doctrine of collateral estoppal and res juditca as it has had the opportunity to
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already have been fully litigated by the parties for more than five years.
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16 By this appeal and motion for stay as well as the counterclaims we aver are valid
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and not dead on arrival, this case continues to be litigated, and as per the NEW
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19 EVIDENCE it clearly involves several other defendants relating to the SASCO trust
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and none of whom are parties to the present action and do not appear to be subject to
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25 Mortgage as the assignment not only released grantors (Chase and us) from the benefit
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of the mortgage and note, but also the responsibility.
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1 As the validity of the Mortgage assignment is undisputed and FILED BY
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PLAINTIFF in order to cover their assets they did so without fanfare, or any
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7 winning documentary filmmaker is making a film about this particular case as well as
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the case involving my brother and parents- a foreclosure action against my relatives by
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10 none other than CHASE presided over by none other than Judge Griffith. With
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improbabilities like that, we should play Mega Millions.
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13 J.P. Morgan has NOT been determined to be the holder in due course and thus
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standing. Had Chase evidenced some ownership of the Note, this Court would
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16 indeed be prohibited from reviewing a decision by a state court, but as we cited, this
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appeal is anomalous as it seeks the action of the Federal court because the trial court
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19 has evidenced patterned abuse of discretion and bad faith whether innocent or
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intentional. We hope this Court refuses to tolerate Chas and Phelans successful
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22 manipulation of the court and their attempt to use the back door to steal a home
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whose loan we today have proven they DO NOT OWN.
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25 We ask the Court specifically to examine the collusive attempt by Chase and
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Phelan to strategically re-litigate matters that could have been decided in 2010.
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1 We are simply attempting to stop a sheriffs sale based on an illegal default
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judgment entered by a crooked law firm working for the largest bank in America who
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4 did not hold mortgage nor own the note at the inception of this case or the TWO that
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preceded it, and committed again and again and again fraud upon this and other
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Please be the Court that STOPS THIS RACKETEERING FRAUD- as we not
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