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Bank of Am. v. Toledo-Cardona (In re Toledo-Cardona)

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
May 15, 2014
556 F. App'x 911 (11th Cir. 2014)

Opinion

No. 13-15855 D.C. Docket No. 8:13-cv-02558-SDM D.C. Docket No. 8:13-bk-05393-KRM

05-15-2014

In re: EDELMIRO TOLEDO-CARDONA, Debtor. BANK OF AMERICA, NA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDELMIRO TOLEDO-CARDONA, Defendant-Appellee.


[DO NOT PUBLISH]


Non-Argument Calendar


Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Florida

Before TJOFLAT, MARTIN, and JORDAN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

Bank of America appeals from the district court's order affirming an order from the bankruptcy court voiding Bank of America's lien on Edelmiro Toledo-Cardona's property in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding he initiated. Toledo-Cardona's property was subject to two mortgage liens at the time he filed for bankruptcy. The debt owed on the first mortgage exceeded the fair market value of the property. Bank of America held the second mortgage, which had a value of over $100,000. Because the debt secured by the first lien exceeded the value of the property, Bank of America's junior lien was considered to be wholly "underwater." This being the case, Toledo-Cardona moved the bankruptcy court to "strip off" or "void"—that is, extinguish in its entirety—Bank of America's lien.

Bank of America's response to Toledo-Cardona's motion acknowledged that under binding Eleventh Circuit precedent holding that a wholly underwater junior lien is voidable, Toledo-Cardona's motion should be granted. See Folendore v. U.S. Small Bus. Admin., 862 F.2d 1537, 1538-39 (11th Cir. 1989); see also McNeal v. GMAC Mortg., LLC, 735 F.3d 1263, 1265-66 (11th Cir. 2012) (per curiam). For that reason, the bankruptcy court granted Toledo-Cardona's motion. Bank of America appealed to the district court, but moved for summary affirmance in light of this Court's binding precedent. The district court granted the motion, and Bank of America now seeks the appellate review that its motion for summary affirmance was intended to expedite.

Bank of America maintains that Folendore and McNeal should be overturned in light of Dewsnup v. Timm, 502 U.S. 410, 112 S. Ct. 773 (1992), which held that a chapter 7 debtor could not "strip down" a creditor's lien on real property where the value of the property is less than what is due to be paid to the creditor. Id. at 417, 112 S. Ct. at 778. But in McNeal, we reaffirmed Folendore despite the holding in Dewsnup. McNeal, 735 F.3d at 1265-66. As Bank of America concedes, we are bound as a panel to follow our Court's decision in McNeal. We therefore AFFIRM.


Summaries of

Bank of Am. v. Toledo-Cardona (In re Toledo-Cardona)

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
May 15, 2014
556 F. App'x 911 (11th Cir. 2014)
Case details for

Bank of Am. v. Toledo-Cardona (In re Toledo-Cardona)

Case Details

Full title:In re: EDELMIRO TOLEDO-CARDONA, Debtor. BANK OF AMERICA, NA…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

Date published: May 15, 2014

Citations

556 F. App'x 911 (11th Cir. 2014)

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