Brickett v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

First Circuit

Brickett v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

607 F. App'x 5

CourtCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit

DecidedJune 10, 2015

Docket14-2174

StatusUnpublished

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Brickett v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., 607 F. App'x 5 (1st Cir. 2015).

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PER CURIAM.

“We have said before, and today reaffirm, that when a lower court accurately takes the measure of a case and articulates a cogent rationale, it serves no useful purpose for a reviewing court to write at length.” Seaco Ins. Co. v. Davis-Irish, 300 F.3d 84, 86 (1st Cir.2002); accord Eaton v. Penn-America Ins. Co., 626 F.3d 113, 114 (1st Cir.2010) (“We have explained with a regularity bordering on the eeholalic that where a trial court correctly takes the measure of a case and authors a convincing decision, it rarely will serve any useful purpose for a reviewing court to wax longiloquent.”). This is such a case. We therefore summarily affirm the judgment below for substantially the reasons elucidated in the district court’s closely reasoned memorandum of decision. See Brickett v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., 52 F.Supp.3d 308, 311-13 (D.Mass.2014).

We add only this brief comment. The appellants’ case hinges on their argument that HSBC Bank has been guilty of “dual tracking.” Dual tracking is a practice wherein a mortgagee financial institution engages in loan modification negotiations with mortgagors while at the same time moving forward with foreclosure. See, e.g., Worrall v. Fed. Nat’l Mortg. Ass’n, No. 13-330, 2013 WL 6095119, at *5 (D.N.H. Nov. 20, 2013); Figueroa v. Fed. Nat’l Mortg. Ass’n, No. 12-11290, 2013 WL 2244348, at *5 (D.Mass. May 20, 2013). But as the district court correctly pointed out, see Brickett, 52 F.Supp.3d at 312, there was no dual tracking here. At the time of the foreclosure, the appellants had not yet filed a cognizable application for a loan modification.

We need go no further. The judgment below is summarily

Affirmed. See 1st Cir. R. 27.0(c).

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PER CURIAM.

“We have said before, and today reaffirm, that when a lower court accurately takes the measure of a case and articulates a cogent rationale, it serves no useful purpose for a reviewing court to write at length.” Seaco Ins. Co. v. Davis-Irish, 300 F.3d 84, 86 (1st Cir.2002); accord Eaton v. Penn-America Ins. Co., 626 F.3d 113, 114 (1st Cir.2010) (“We have explained with a regularity bordering on the eeholalic that where a trial court correctly takes the measure of a case and authors a convincing decision, it rarely will serve any useful purpose for a reviewing court to wax longiloquent.”). This is such a case. We therefore summarily affirm the judgment below for substantially the reasons elucidated in the district court’s closely reasoned memorandum of decision. See Brickett v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., 52 F.Supp.3d 308, 311-13 (D.Mass.2014).

We add only this brief comment. The appellants’ case hinges on their argument that HSBC Bank has been guilty of “dual tracking.” Dual tracking is a practice wherein a mortgagee financial institution engages in loan modification negotiations with mortgagors while at the same time moving forward with foreclosure. See, e.g., Worrall v. Fed. Nat’l Mortg. Ass’n, No. 13-330, 2013 WL 6095119, at *5 (D.N.H. Nov. 20, 2013); Figueroa v. Fed. Nat’l Mortg. Ass’n, No. 12-11290, 2013 WL 2244348, at *5 (D.Mass. May 20, 2013). But as the district court correctly pointed out, see Brickett, 52 F.Supp.3d at 312, there was no dual tracking here. At the time of the foreclosure, the appellants had not yet filed a cognizable application for a loan modification.

We need go no further. The judgment below is summarily

Affirmed. See 1st Cir. R. 27.0(c).

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