Legal Opinion
Diana Houck v. Substitute Trustee Services
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2015No. 13-2326PublishedCited by 631 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge DIAZ and Judge FLOYD joined.
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Diana Houck commenced this action under 11 U.S.C. § 362(k), alleging that the defendants foreclosed on and sold her homestead in violation of the automatic stay triggered by her filing of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition. The district court granted the motion to dismiss filed by one of the defendants, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. (the “Substitute Trustee”), concluding that Houck failed to allege facts that plausibly supported…
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