Bank of America, N.A. v. David Francis Miller, III

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: October 7, 2015
• Docket: 14-13503
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ___________________________

No. 14-13503 Non-Argument Calendar ___________________________

Docket Nos. 1:14-cv-01377-AT; 13-bkc-77194-BBM

In re: DAVID FRANCIS MILLER, III,

Debtor, __________________________________________________________________

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

DAVID FRANCIS MILLER, III,

Defendant-Appellee.

______________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia _______________________________

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Before MARCUS, WILLIAM PRYOR, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, Bank of America, N.A. challenges the district court’s

summary affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s order voiding a wholly unsecured

second priority lien on residential property owned by a Chapter 7 debtor. We kept

the appeal in abeyance pending review by the Supreme Court of our decisions in

Bank of Am., N.A. v. Caulkett (In re Caulkett), 566 F. App’x 879 (11th Cir. 2014),

and in Bank of Am., N.A. v. Toledo-Cardona (In re Toledo-Cardona), 556 F.

App’x 911 (11th Cir. 2014).

Because the Supreme Court has now disposed of these cases in Bank of

America v. Caulkett, 135 S.Ct. 1995 (2015), we grant Bank of America’s motion

to lift the stay of this appeal.

In the light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Caulkett and this Court’s

decision in Waits v. Bank of Am., N.A. (In re Waits), 793 F.3d 1267 (11th Cir.

2015), we deny Bank of America’s motion for summary reversal, vacate the

district court’s judgment, and remand for further proceedings consistent with

Caulkett.

VACATED AND REMANDED. 2