Posts Tagged ‘stop my foreclosure FL’
I’m a Foreclosure Defense Attorney…..
Author: Matthew D. Weidner, Esq.
For years, being a foreclosure defense attorney was a relatively simple affair. Foreclosure meant helping the homeowner through a rough patch then they’d be back on their feet and along their way. A few years ago, that started to change. Things got worse for my clients and solutions were harder to come by.
Over the last two years in particular I noticed that things became much, much worse for my clients and their families…..and the banks offered no help or assistance. Right about that same time a few pioneering attorneys began to dig deep into foreclosures and the whole process and in doing so they began to expose major, systemic flaws that permeated the entire mortgage lending and foreclosure process. As we dug deeper and deeper into the whole foreclosure morass we’ve uncovered problems at virtually every step in the process.
The questions of the not so distant past have led us all into a full blown examination of our entire system of government….from the regulators and legislative, straight up to the executive branch and their failed bailout programs. Today the foreclosure fight is a full blown battle to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. We’re fighting to ensure Due Process under the 14th Amendment, protecting against unreasonable seizures recognized in the 4th Amendment and fighting to ensure that our press and members of the public are able to speak freely, challenge their government and seek redress of the injustices being visited upon them, a right protected by the 1st Amendment.
This fight has exposed the very best qualities in some of the best lawyers in this country. It has brought together neighbors, communities and people from every walk of. The ethical, principled and dedicated attorneys who live and breathe this fight will tell you that serving their clients and fighting this fight is the high point of their careers…it certainly has been mine.
I’m going to keep fighting…for you. For the Constitution. For all of us. It’s what I do….I’m a foreclosure defense attorney. I’m honored to serve all of you and thank you for all your support and encouragement….we’re in this together.
WARNING- LENDERS ARE COMING TO KICK DOWN YOUR DOOR!
Author: MattWeidner
Police? They don’t care.
Lawsuits? “They don’t even phase me anymore.”
I’m sending out a warning to everyone who can read this. Whether you are involved in any way with foreclosures or not, you need to be aware that YOU CAN NO LONGER BE SAFE OR SECURE IN YOUR OWN HOME.
Banks and lenders have become so emboldened that they have decided they can KICK DOWN YOUR DOOR ANYTIME THEY DAMN WELL PLEASE.
The reason why this issue is so important for everyone to understand is that our system of laws and basic rights have broken down so dramatically that that the thugs responsible for these brazen acts are no longer afraid of any consequences. As indicated in the attached article that appeared in today’s Palm Beach Post, they’re “Not even phased” by lawsuits anymore. I can tell you from reports from all over the state, you cannot count on law enforcement to stop such brazen attacks. Please read the newspaper article, lawsuit and police reports. And the next time you lock your doors and leave your home, thinking that your possessions are safe, THINK AGAIN, because even if you’re not in foreclosure, THE LENDERS WILL KICK DOWN YOUR DOORS IF THEY WANT TO .
It just sickens me to know what this country has become and it’s only going to get worse.
BREAKING AND ENTERING IS NOT A CRIME!
Author: Matthew D. Weidner, Esq.
Not so long ago in this country breaking into another person’s home would clearly have been a crime.
When law enforcement cared. When those we elected to protect us cared. When Judges cared.
But that was long ago. Before the banks, foreclosure mills and Wall Street criminals took over this country and trampled on the rights of any soul who dared cross them or get in their way. Today we live in a much different world. The banks and their agents are emboldened. They fear no government official. They fear no judge. They are restrained by no law.
I have begun collecting terrifying examples of bank terror and will continue to publish the examples. For starters, I want each of you to read the lawsuit I’ve just filed. Read carefully the allegations made in the lawsuit, but most importantly read the report from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Department. Read the findings of fact. Two thugs broke into a home, moved property around, helped themselves to a beer. The thugs returned and boldly told their victims they would return to terrorize again. Two visitors to our country were terrified. Thousands of dollars in property was stolen. But the Sheriff’s office can seem to find a crime here.
The thing that terrifies me most about the incidents described in this lawsuit is the fact that I have logged dozens of phone calls to various levels of authority within the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. I have spoken with street officers, detectives, supervisors, even internal affairs. My calls have been ignored. I’m not sure if I’ve gotten high enough up the chain of command, but I’m going to keep working, keep calling and keep filing lawsuits until this issue gets the attention that it deserves.
Pay attention to the facts in this case and be appalled, but sit tight and stay tuned because as bad as the facts in this case are, I’ve got worse cases and am preparing to file additional cases with even more grotesque facts. If law enforcement, particularly our elected Sheriff will no longer protect us in our homes, who can we count on to protect our families? When one of these lender break ins results in physical harm either in Charlotte County or in some other county across this country, law enforcement cannot stand by and say they were unaware of this phenomena.
Please share your examples with me. We cannot stand by and allow these fundamental violations of rights to occur. I hope that press picks up on these stories and that our elected officials and judges will wake up serve those they took an oath to protect.
CASE(S) DISMISSED- We Have a Responsibility to Help Our Judges!
Author: Matthew D. Weidner, Esq.
Across this state, our judges–both elected and retired, who are now presiding over foreclosure cases are dealing with enormous pressure to clear the dockets. They’re receiving it from our own Supreme Court and especially from the legislature that holds the court’s purse strings.
This pressure, especially from the legislative branch is an unprecedented and improper intrusion onto our judicial branch and the long term implications of this pressure are very disturbing. Having said that, there is a real problem in our courts caused by these foreclosure cases that are stalled, forgotten, stagnant.
What is missing from most of this debate over clogged up and bogged down courtrooms is the fact that the clog and bog is caused not because our judges or their staff are not doing their job or because pro se defendants or defense attorneys are delaying the process.
I BELIEVE THE GREATEST SOURCE OF DELAY IN THESE CASES IS THE FORECLOSURE MILLS AND LENDERS EITHER AFFIRMATIVELY DECIDING NOT TO PURSUE THE CASES EITHER BECAUSE THE LACK THE EVIDENCE OR AUTHORITY TO PURSUE THE CASES OR BECAUSE THE ALLEGED PLAINTIFF DOES NOT WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE CASES.
Many of our judges are intently focused on trying to fulfill the mandates to clear the docket by granting summary judgment, what we need to be doing, and what we need to encourage our judges to consider that the other alternative to clearing the foreclosure docket is to dismiss those cases that do not meet the requirements to proceed for any number of reasons, because they do not meet the basic evidentiary or pleading burdens, because the cases have languished, because the documents or evidence submitted are facially questionable or for any number or other legitimate reasons to dismiss these cases.
A key factor to consider in all this discussion is the fact that literally millions of dollars in taxpayer revenue is being spent by judges, judicial assistance, clerk of court staff checking and double checking the files and work of the foreclosure mills. The work of these mills and “attorneys” has proven time and time again to be substandard, illegitimate, sloppy and frankly not worthy of consideration by our courts.
AS A TAXPAYER AND A STRONG PROPONENT OF OUR COURTS AND JUDGES, I RESENT THAT MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS IS BEING USED TO DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK THE WORK OF MILLIONAIRE FORECLOSURE MILLS- IF I WERE A JUDGE A FIRM WOULD GET ABOUT SIX TRIES TO GET THEIR WORK CORRECT AND ACCURATE, THEN IF THEY COULDN’T DO IT CORRECTLY, THE FILES WOULD BE DISMISSED.
The firms of course would be free to re-file, paying the new filing fee which would properly fund the work that goes into processing a file. Now doing this once or twice for each firm would certainly encourage accuracy, timeliness and respect for all the good work the judiciary does.
Importantly, these millionaire foreclosure mills and the lying lenders that have created such chaos in our courtrooms will be forced to bear some small fraction of the costs they have burdened our judges and courtrooms with.
Another key fact that supports this important new strategy is that refiling these cases will force the millionaire foreclosure mills to get their documents correct and will give our judges the time they need to review the cases properly!
For all these other cases, let’s do our part to move the cases along and move for dismissals…..see examples of how I’m doing this below and keep up the good fight!
