Maniez v. Citibank, F.S.B.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HALL

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is the second appeal generated by the efforts of the plaintiff, Louis Maniez, to prevail on his complaint to foreclose a judgment lien against the defendants, Masayo Koshiyama and her husband, Robert Jolly. In answer to a certified question, this court held that a 1997 memorandum of judgment recorded by the plaintiff did not create a valid lien against the defendants’ real property. See Maniez v. Citibank, F.S.B., 383 Ill. App. 3d 38, 890 N.E.2d 662 (2008).

On remand, the circuit court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the…