I have been a member of the forum for some time now. I have taken a slow approach and have just recently applied myself with the knowledge I have attained from this forum and a lot of musing and reading. And now I think it is about time I place my first post and introduce myself.
I have a bit of a Challenge.
I recently won a Federal Court a Judgment against my lender for a billing error dispute regarding a loan on my property. I had much evidence and adminstrative remedies at my disposal to accumulate evidence and to build my case. This was done and I presented my case to the Fed District Court in Albany NY. The court issued a Judgment and Collateral Estoppel against the lender.
The Court recognized my adminstrative remedy with the provision to transfer agency to me if the lender refused or fell silent, (the ability to transfer title) and damages for not settling the matter honorably in a fair amount of time. So I was awarded the judicial recognition of the Fed Court of my administrative process. That was a feat in itself!
The court served the lender and the lender has been silent about this matter for nearly a year.
I just recently recieved a letter from an attorney's office representing the lender indicating that they are sueing me in California Superior Court for slander of title. Not for the anything else!
Even though I have the documents indicating the lender tacitly agreed to allow me to act as my own agent to transfer title if they refused to do so. And, the Fed Court Judgment which was inclusive of this and other provisions.
I am not worried so much as to the defense of the slander of title charge as much as I am concerned about an inferior court hearing a case which was settled by a higher court.
I have been spending many hours on
www.findlaw.com searching under California Code of Civil Procedure to find some type of statute which precludes a State Judge from establishing jurisdiction over a matter which has already been settled by a higher court.
I know that this is a bit odd of a request. But I would most appreciate any help from anyone in the forum who could offer in helping me find some cites or statues which would support this position of Challenging California Superior Court Jurisdiction or defending the fact of the Res Judicata from the Fed Court.
SteveB