Crawford v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants-mortgagors' motion for summary judgment in action seeking relief arising out of manner and means in which defendants obtained foreclosure on plaintiffs' home in prior state-court action as well as pursued plaintiffs' eviction from said home. Dist. Ct. could properly invoke Rooker-Feldmen doctrine to dismiss two of 22 counts where essence of said counts were related to belated defenses to prior state-court foreclosure action. As to remaining counts, Ct. rejected plaintiff's claim that defendants were required in summary judgment motion to distinguish all possibility that events forming basis of plaintiffs' claims occurred. Moreover, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying either plaintiffs' motion to strike portions of defendants' affidavit supporting summary judgment motion or plaintiffs' motion to allow additional discovery during pendency of summary judgment motion.