ANN LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GREENTREE MORTGAGE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee. (2nd Cir. 2002)

Federal Circuits, 2nd Cir. (November 21, 2002)

Docket number: 01-9095


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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER THIS SUMMARY ORDER WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REPORTER AND MAY NOT BE CITED AS PRECEDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO THIS OR ANY OTHER COURT, BUT MAY BE CALLED TO THE ATTENTION OF THIS OR ANY OTHER COURT IN A SUBSEQUENT STAGE OF THIS CASE, IN A RELATED CASE, OR IN ANY CASE FOR PURPOSES OF COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL OR RES JUDICATA.

At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the United States Courthouse, Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 21st day of November, Two thousand and two.

PRESENT:

Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, Hon. Joseph M. McLaughlin, Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Circuit Judges.

ANN LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, -v.- No. 01-9095

GREENTREE MORTGAGE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

ANN LEWIS, pro se, Brooklyn, New York APPEARING FOR APPELLANT:

APPEARING FOR APPELLEE: MICHAEL J. CATALFIMO, Catalfimo &

Catalfimo, Greenwich, New York Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Edward R.

Korman, Chief Judge).

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

Ann Lewis, pro se, appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Edward R. Korman, Chief Judge) granting Greentree Mortgage Service's motion for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c). We review the grant of summary judgment de novo and may affirm the judgment when "the evidence shows that there are no genuine issues of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Allstate Ins. Co. v. Mazzola, 175 F.3d 255, 258 (2d Cir. 1999).

We agree with the district court, for substantially the reasons set forth in its Memorandum and Order entered on July 24, 2001, that Lewis failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact on any of her claims. She did not claim that she was discriminated against during the process of obtaining a mortgage so as to maintain a claim under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, see 15 U.S.C. 1691, and there was no violation of the Truth in Lending Act on the face of the mortgage documents that would render Greentree Mortgage Services liable as an assignee of the loan, see 15 U.S.C. § 1641(e)(1).

The district court did not explicitly discuss Lewis's state law claims that: (1) Greentree Mortgage Service fraudulently accepted payments; (2) she continued to make payments to Parkway Mortgage because she was not made aware of the assignment to Greentree Mortgage Service; and (3) the interest rate stipulated in the mortgage agreement was usurious. However, Lewis failed to present any evidence to support these conclusory allegations and, therefore, failed to show the existence of a genuine issue of material fact. See D'Amico v. City of New York, 132

F.3d 145, 149 (2d Cir. 1998) (noting that the non-moving party may not rely on mere conclusory allegations in opposing summary judgment).

Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT:

Roseann B. MacKechnie, Clerk By:

Date:

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