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Pro Se Plaintiff Claims To Be Mentally Disabled

Posted on: March 25, 2011

In a lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, a homeowner plaintiff representing herself is suing Bank of America over the foreclosure of her home. The bank brought a motion to dismiss the complaint, and the Court granted the motion; The judge’s decision contained this chestnut: “Finally, plaintiff alleges: “Bank of America and Countrywide is [ sic ] … taking advantage of me, a mentally disabled person who is collecting food stamps and has Medi-Cal to help pay for my medical expenses.” FN7. The undersigned (the judge) intended to question plaintiff about her alleged mental illness at the hearing. However, plaintiff made such an inquiry impossible by failing to appear.”
Cohn v. Bank of America 2011 WL 98840, 2 (E.D.Cal.) (E.D.Cal.,2011)

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State Bar Charges Lawyer Who Urged Clients To Break Into Their Foreclosed Home In Simi Valley

Posted on: March 14, 2011

After attorney Michael T. Pines advised a Simi Valley couple who just lost their home through a valid non judicial foreclosure – a trustee’s sale- to break into, and move back into thier previous,now vacant, home (they were soon evicted), this wildly errant attorney was summarily taken out of action by the State Bar on Friday, 2/10/11. The Bar announced that it has initiated proceedings to revoke the license of Carlsbad attorney Michael T. Pines who made national headlines by advising clients to break into their foreclosed homes and start living there again. The State Bar’s Chief Trial Counsel James Towery called the move “a drastic remedy,” but insisted it was “justified by the established misconduct” of Pines, 59, who “has shown complete disrespect for the law, the courts and especially the best interests of his clients, which necessitated his removal from active practice”, Towrey said.
Met News Story
Criminal Threats Puts Attorney in Jail;Bankruptcy Judge holds Attorney in Contempt
kabc story
aol story
Attorney Pines Represented Lenny Dykstra (who has his own opinion)
Attorney Pines descibed as a “menace”; Offends Judge
Order Disbarring Attorney Pines

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