Judge Beatrice Butchko's order floats the possibility of sanctions if the bank fails to produce discovery documents the judge ordered it to release in August 2018.
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A major bank looking to foreclose on a Miami-Dade resident’s mortgage has been handed an order to show cause by a judge over a discovery dispute.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko issued the order against U.S. Bank N.A. on Monday. Her ruling follows an Aug. 20, 2018, discovery order requesting the bank submit within 60 days documents tracing the company’s internal handling of the loan to foreclosure defendant Raul Zayas in the five-year-old case.
However, the judge’s order notes, “For over seven months, it appears that plaintiff has defied this court’s discovery order.”
Among the documents the defense had requested: screenshots showing the dates U.S. Bank had uploaded the original note and other loan documents into its system, along with loan origination documentation. The court ordered the plaintiff to turn over the information. It also ordered the plaintiff to arrange depositions with company officials.
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