Legal Opinion
Nguyen v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 30, 2013No. Civil Action No. H-12-2307PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, Minh D. Nguyen and Esther Chung, filed this suit after Nguyen’s mortgage servicer, Seterus, Inc., conducted a nonjudicial foreclosure on their home. The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) bought the home at the foreclosure sale. The plaintiffs sued Fannie Mae, Seterus, and foreclosure counsel Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner and Engel, LLP1 in Texas state court, alleging that Seterus lacked authority to foreclose. The defendants timely removed. Fannie Mae and Seterus have moved for summary judgment on the…
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