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On March 28, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert vacated part of the decision made by Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert E. Grossman in In re Ferrel L. Agard, 444 B.R. 231 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. 2011), wherein he concluded that MERS’s “nominee” status did not confirm upon it authority to assign mortgages.  A copy of the decision may be found here. In Agard, Judge Grossman granted a motion for relief from stay because the movant mortgagor had been determined to be secured to the residence by the state court that issued judgment of foreclosure in its favor.  In addition to granting relief […]