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Foreclosure Case Crumbles Because Bank Expressly Declined Consent to Proceed Before Magistrate Judge, Holds Fifth Circuit

In PNC Bank, NA v. Ruiz, No. 20-50255 (5th Cir. Mar. 2, 2021), the Fifth Circuit vacates a summary judgment because there was no record that the bank ever consented to the case proceeding before a U.S. magistrate judge. Plaintiff “Ruiz and her husband … obtained a home equity loan (‘the loan’) from National CityContinue reading “Foreclosure Case Crumbles Because Bank Expressly Declined Consent to Proceed Before Magistrate Judge, Holds Fifth Circuit”