From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Tapia v. U.S. Bank

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Aug 1, 2011
441 F. App'x 166 (4th Cir. 2011)

Summary

denying declaratory relief when the alleged harm "has already occurred"

Summary of this case from Wenzel v. Knight

Opinion

No. 10-1856

08-01-2011

JULIO TAPIA; EDITH TAPIA, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. U.S. BANK, N.A., as trustee for RFMSI 2006S3; RFMSI SERIES 2006-S3 TRUST; HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL LLC; GMAC MORTGAGE LLC; COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INCORPORATED; BANK OF AMERICA, NA; LTD FINANCIAL SERVICES; UNITED GUARANTY RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA; RESIDENTIAL FUNDING COMPANY, LLC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INCORPORATED; SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C.; JOHN & JANE DOE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF RFMSI, Mortgage Backed Certificates, I-M; JACK & JILL CERTIFICATE HOLDERS, I-M; QUI & CHI DOE, Associations, Corporations and Entities, I-M, Defendants - Appellees, and FIRST SAVINGS MORTGAGE CORPORATION; LARRY F. PRATT, Defendants.

Christopher E. Brown, R. Michael Smith, BROWN, BROWN & BROWN, P.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants. John C. Lynch, TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Jon S. Hubbard, TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP, Richmond, Virginia; W. Paul Childress, III, Harry Margerum Johnson, III, HUNTON & WILLIAMS, LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District Judge. (1:09-cv-01025-GBL-JFA)

Before WILKINSON, KEENAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Christopher E. Brown, R. Michael Smith, BROWN, BROWN & BROWN, P.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants. John C. Lynch, TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Jon S. Hubbard, TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP, Richmond, Virginia; W. Paul Childress, III, Harry Margerum Johnson, III, HUNTON & WILLIAMS, LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Julio and Edith Tapia appeal from the district court's final judgment entered after the district court granted Defendants' Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss Plaintiffs' state law claims for declaratory judgment, breach of fiduciary duty, and quiet title, as well as their claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1692-1692p (West 2009 & Supp. 2011). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's final judgment. See Tapia v. U.S. Bank, N.A., No. 1:09-cv-01025-GBL-JFA (E.D. Va. filed June 30, 2010; entered July 1, 2010); see also Horvath v. Bank of N.Y., N.A., 641 F.3d 617 (4th Cir. 2011). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED


Summaries of

Tapia v. U.S. Bank

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Aug 1, 2011
441 F. App'x 166 (4th Cir. 2011)

denying declaratory relief when the alleged harm "has already occurred"

Summary of this case from Wenzel v. Knight

noting that declaratory relief is necessarily forward-looking, and is “untimely if damages have already accrued”

Summary of this case from Harrell v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc.
Case details for

Tapia v. U.S. Bank

Case Details

Full title:JULIO TAPIA; EDITH TAPIA, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. U.S. BANK, N.A., as…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Aug 1, 2011

Citations

441 F. App'x 166 (4th Cir. 2011)

Citing Cases

Williamson v. Sacramento Mortg. Inc.

""[D]eclaratory judgments are designed to declare rights so that parties can conform their conduct to avoid…

Williamson v. Sacramento Mortg. Inc.

""[D]eclaratory judgments are designed to declare rights so that parties can conform their conduct to avoid…