Williams v. CitiFinancial Servicing LLC et. al. (In re Williams) (Adv. Pro. No. 19-09007, Case No. 12-81690)

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Defendants CitiFinancial and Carrington Mortgage Services, two former holders/servicers of the Plaintiffs' mortgage, requested dismissal of the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, for three separate causes of action. The Plaintiffs alleged that the two Defendants violated § 524(i) with misapplication of payments and an inflated account payoff balance. The Court determined that the Plaintiffs' allegations that CitiFinancial and Carrington both transferred Plaintiffs' mortgage account with an inflated balance due to misapplied payments is sufficient to constitute an act to collect for the purposes of withdtanding a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6).  Also, the Court found that the Plaintiffs plausibly pleaded the elements required under § 362(k) for violation of the automatic stay. The Plaintiffs' alleged violation of the FDCPA against Carrington is not related to the bankruptcy case and the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over that count of the complaint.

Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2020
Published: 
Yes
Index Heading: 
Dismissal