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A. Howard Matz, American people, Bill Clinton, Federal Judge Matz, foreclosure epidemic, foreclosure proceedings, GMAC, Judge A. Howard Matz's versions of reality, Judge Howard Matz, Judge Matz, judge matz central district, LA-15, Lawyer Charles Lincoln, misrepresentation, serious crime
Jose L. Pineda v. GMAC Mortgage. We’ve seen too many cases like it. A big bank makes an illegal foreclosure on a home. In this case, the homeowner sues — and wins, thanks to Judge A. Howard Matz. Score one for the 99%. Or perhaps not. It’s the casual handling of the bank’s crimes that caused a stir, sparking an online petition for the impeachment of Matz, who was appointed to the Central District of California by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
Judge Howard Matz
In delivering justice for the little guy, Matz excused GMAC’s illegal claim to the home as “misrepresentations that may have been inadvertent and unintentional and short of fraud, but [are] extremely aggravating.” Stop. Right. There. Misrepresentations = lies to steal a house. That’s a serious crime. The judge is clearly saying that evidence leads him to believe that GMAC has committed a crime. However, if GMAC walks away from this one, His Honor will forget the matter, and even be willing to consider the crime “inadvertent.” As if ignorance of the law could somehow free GMAC from prosecution. Well, it did.
And Judge Matz is also claiming ignorance of the law as an excuse.
Matz actually “threatened to blow the whistle” on the cover-up. He bluntly told GMAC’s attorney,
“If this case doesn’t settle and settle quickly, I am prepared to…take this case as a paradigm for a much larger problem, a much larger financial, regulatory and litigation problem that can stem — that has stemmed from the way these loans were issued, packaged, [and] securitized…Now, you tell your clients that unless this case can be disposed of, this case is going to be something that’s going to go far beyond this case.”
Lawyer Charles Lincoln writes that Matz obviously
“possessed full information regarding the truth of the illegality of the foreclosure epidemic as a crime against the American people. Can the judge actually be doing anything other than threatening GMAC with ‘telling the truth’ about misrepresentation in non-judicial mortgage foreclosure proceedings? What does this tell us about Judge A. Howard Matz’s versions of reality and truth?“
Maybe Judge Howard Matz was afraid he would be Davised. Or that the Mob would wack ‘em. Well then “most likely” the mob owns your home. Because in Judge Howard Matz’ courtroom anything is possible. Except experts, evidence, truth, honor and due process. And a Doctor holding his shiny certificate.
Speaking of which, do you like shiny things?
LA-15
Actionable Fraud
Misrepresentations of law can result in actionable fraud in only “four special situations”: when “the party making the misrepresentation (1) purports to have special knowledge; (2) stands in a fiduciary or similar relation of trust and
confidence to the recipient; (3) has successfully endeavored to secure the confidence of the recipient; (4) or has some other special reason to expect that the recipient will rely on his opinion.”
