Nickless v. HSBC Bank USA

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON APPEAL FROM BANKRUPTCY COURT

HILLMAN, District Judge.

Nature of the Proceeding

This is an appeal from a final order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts in an adversarial proceeding brought by David M. Nickless, Trustee (the “Trustee”) against the HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Indenture Trustee of the Field-stone Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2005-2 (“HSBC”), Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), U.S. Bancorp, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (“U.S. Bank”) (collectively, the “Defendants”).