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Cuyahoga County

Ohio

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Case Information

Filed 2025-01-17
Status INACTIVE
Type Foreclosure Marsh. Of Lien
Docket 51 entries

Parties

Plaintiff Greater Cleveland Habitat For Humanity, Inc.
Defendant Damon R. Thompson|Sharelle M. Thompson|City Of Cleveland, Department Of Community Development|State Of Ohio, Department Of Taxation|Federal Home Loan Bank Of Cincinnati
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Hon. Cassandra Collier Williams

Cuyahoga County (OH)

Ohio

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Docket Entries

  1. CASE FILED: COMPLAINT, PRELIMINARY JUDICIAL REPORT, SERVICE REQUEST
  2. FINAL PRETRIAL SCHEDULED FOR 12/03/2025 AT 09:00 AM IS CANCELLED.
  3. BENCH TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR 01/09/2026 AT 09:00 AM IS CANCELLED.
  4. NOTICE FILED BY P1 GREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC. ATTORNEY DARRYL E GORMLEY 0067595 NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
  5. TELEPHONE CONFERENCE HELD BY MAGISTRATE. DEFENDANT HAS NOT COMPLETED HIS LOSS MITIGATION PACKET HOWEVER HIS COUNSEL INDICATED THAT HE PLANS TO DO SO. ALL OTHER DATES WERE SET AT THE PRIOR CONFERENCE. NOTICE ISSUED
  6. 04/22/25: TELEPHONE PRETRIAL HELD BY MAGISTRATE. COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF AND COUNSEL FOR DAMON THOMPSON APPEARED. DISCOVERY SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS: DISCOVERY CUTOFF: 06/20/25; DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS DUE 09/12/25; BIO TO MSJ DUE 10/10/25; REPLY TO MSJ DUE 10/24/25; FPT SET FOR 12/03/25 AT 9:00 AM AND IS IN PERSON; BENCH TRIAL SET FOR 01/09/26 AT 9:00 AM. A TELEPHONE ATTORNEY STATUS CONFERENCE IS SET FOR 05/14/25 AT 1:30 PM (CALL 216-443-8505). NOTICE ISSUED
  7. BENCH TRIAL SET FOR 01/09/2026 AT 09:00 AM.
  8. FINAL PRETRIAL SET FOR 12/03/2025 AT 09:00 AM.
  9. TELEPHONE CONFERENCE SET FOR 05/14/2025 AT 10:30 AM.
  10. GENERAL PLEADING FILED BY P1 GREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC. ATTORNEY DARRYL E GORMLEY 0067595 JOINT DISCOVERY PLAN PURSUANT TO OHIO RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 26(F)
  11. A TELEPHONE PRETRIAL IS SET IN THIS CASE FOR 04/22/25 AT 2:15 PM. ATTORNEYS AND SELF REPRESENTED PARTIES ARE TO CALL 216-443-8505 AT LEAST TEN MINUTES PRIOR TO THE CONFERENCE. NOTICE ISSUED
  12. TELEPHONE CONFERENCE SET FOR 04/22/2025 AT 02:15 PM.
  13. MOTION OF DAMON R. THOMPSON AND SHARELLE M. THOMPSON FOR LEAVE TO PLEAD IS UNOPPOSED AND GRANTED. NOTICE ISSUED
  14. ANSWER FILED BY DEFENDANT(S) DAMON R. THOMPSON(D1) and SHARELLE M. THOMPSON(D2) ATTORNEY PETER COZMYK 0078862 ANSWER
  15. MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
  16. NOTICE OF APPEARANCE, FILED DEFENDANT(S) DAMON R. THOMPSON(D1) and SHARELLE M. THOMPSON(D2) PETER COZMYK 0078862. NOTICE OF APPEARANCE
  17. ANSWER FILED BY D3 CITY OF CLEVELAND, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ATTORNEY RICHARD BERTOVICH 0059434 ANSWER OF DEFENDANT CITY OF CLEVELAND
  18. ANSWER FILED BY D4 STATE OF OHIO, DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION ATTORNEY ROBERT J BYRNE 0040299 STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION
  19. PURSUANT TO CIV. R. 4(E) AND THE COURT'S STANDING CASE MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE, PLAINTIFF MUST PERFECT SERVICE ON ITS COMPLAINT ON OR BEFORE 07/17/2025 OR SHOW CAUSE WHY IT HAS FAILED TO DO SO. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN DISMISSAL OF THE CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE. NOTICE ISSUED
  20. USPS RECEIPT NO. 55901522 DELIVERED BY USPS 01/27/2025 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF CINCINNATI PROCESSED BY COC 02/05/2025.
  21. USPS RECEIPT NO. 55901521 DELIVERED BY USPS 01/29/2025 STATE OF OHIO, DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION PROCESSED BY COC 02/05/2025.
  22. USPS RECEIPT NO. 55901520 DELIVERED BY USPS 01/29/2025 CITY OF CLEVELAND, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSED BY COC 02/05/2025.
  23. USPS RECEIPT NO. 55901519 DELIVERED BY USPS 01/28/2025 THOMPSON/SHARELLE/M. PROCESSED BY COC 02/05/2025.
  24. USPS RECEIPT NO. 55901518 DELIVERED BY USPS 01/28/2025 THOMPSON/DAMON/R. PROCESSED BY COC 02/05/2025.
  25. ALL NON-MILITARY CLIENT AFFIDAVITS FILED IN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE CASES MUST INDICATE THAT THE AFFIANT HAS ACTUAL PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE FILE AND LOAN HISTORY IN QUESTION AND HAS PERSONALLY REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS, RECORDS, OR OTHER DATA RELIED UPON TO MAKE THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE AFFIDAVIT. ALL CLIENT EXECUTED MILITARY AFFIDAVITS FILED IN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE CASES MUST INDICATE THAT THE AFFIANT HAS ACTUAL PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE APPROPRIATE DEFENDANTS' MILITARY STATUS. FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE AFFIDAVITS MAY RESULT IN MANDATORY PERSONAL ATTENDANCE OF AN AFFIANT FOR A HEARING, THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS AND PENALTIES FOR PERJURY OR CONTEMPT, AND DISMISSAL OF THE CASE. BEFORE JUDGMENT IS ENTERED ON ANY CLAIM FOR FORECLOSURE AND/OR MONEY JUDGMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE CASE, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF AND ANY OTHER PARTY THAT ASSERTS A CLAIM FOR FORECLOSURE OR MONEY JUDGMENT MUST FILE AN AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIDAVITS. IN REGARD TO NON-MILITARY CLIENT AFFIDAVITS, THIS AFFIDAVIT MUST: 1) IDENTIFY THE COUNSEL OF RECORD AND HIS OR HER LAW FIRM. 2) PROVIDE THAT THE COUNSEL OF RECORD HAS REVIEWED THE FILE. 3) PROVIDE THAT THE COUNSEL OF RECORD HAS COMMUNICATED WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARTY SEEKING FORECLOSURE AND/OR MONEY JUDGMENT OR ITS SERVICER AND THAT THIS REPRESENTATIVE: HAS AFFIRMED THAT HE OR SHE HAS PERSONALLY REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS, RECORDS, OR OTHER DATA RELATED TO THE CASE; HAS REVIEWED THE PLEADINGS AND OTHER COURT FILINGS IN THE CASE; AND HAS CONFIRMED BOTH THE FACTUAL ACCURACY OF THE PLEADINGS AND COURT FILINGS AND THE ACCURACY OF THE NOTARIZATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN. 4) PROVIDE THE FULL NAME OF THE REPRESENTATIVE DESCRIBED IN ITEM 3 AND THE DATE OR DATES OF THE COMMUNICATION. 5) CERTIFY THAT, TO THE BEST OF THE COUNSEL OF RECORD'S KNOWLEDGE, THE PLEADINGS AND OTHER COURT FILINGS IN SUPPORT OF THE CLAIMS FOR FORECLOSURE ARE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE IN ALL RELEVANT RESPECTS. 6) ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNSEL OF RECORD HAS A CONTINUING OBLIGATION TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE AFFIDAVIT IN LIGHT OF NEWLY DISCOVERED FACTS FOLLOWING ITS FILING. 7) BE SIGNED AND DATED BY COUNSEL OF RECORD. IN REGARD TO CLIENT EXECUTED MILITARY AFFIDAVITS, THIS AFFIDAVIT MUST: 1) IDENTIFY THE COUNSEL OF RECORD AND HIS OR HER LAW FIRM. 2) PROVIDE THAT THE COUNSEL OF RECORD HAS COMMUNICATED WITH THE AFFIANT OF THE MILITARY AFFIDAVIT AND THAT THE AFFIANT HAS AFFIRMED THAT HE OR SHE HAS PERSONALLY REVIEWED NECESSARY WEBSITE AND/OR DATABASE TO DETERMINE THE MILITARY STATUS OF THE APPROPRIATE DEFENDANTS. 3) PROVIDE THE FULL NAME OF THE AFFIANT DESCRIBED IN ITEM 2 AND THE DATE OR DATES OF THE COMMUNICATION. 4) CERTIFY THAT, TO THE BEST OF THE COUNSEL OF RECORD'S KNOWLEDGE, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE MILITARY AFFIDAVIT IS ACCURATE IN ALL RELEVANT RESPECTS. 5) ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNSEL OF RECORD HAS A CONTINUING OBLIGATION TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE AFFIDAVIT IN LIGHT OF NEWLY DISCOVERED FACTS FOLLOWING ITS FILING. 6) BE SIGNED AND DATED BY COUNSEL OF RECORD. FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN APPROPRIATE AFFIDAVIT ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF TRIAL, THE DATE THAT A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS RIPE FOR RULING, OR THE DATE OF DEFAULT HEARING, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE, WILL RESULT IN DISMISSAL OF THE CASE AND MAY RESULT IN FURTHER SANCTIONS. STANDARDIZED AFFIDAVIT FORMS ARE POSTED ON THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY COURT OF COMMONPLEAS WEBSITE HTTP://CP.CUYAHOGACOUNTY.US/INTERNET/COURTDOCS/MAGISTRATES/AFFIDAVIT (REV5).PDF. ALL AFFIDAVITS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER MUST BE IN THE FORMAT OF THESE STANDARDIZED AFFIDAVIT FORMS. IN LIEU OF THIS AFFIDAVIT: 1) IN CASES WHERE CLIENT AFFIDAVITS HAVE BEEN FILED, THE AFFIANT OR AFFIANTS MUST APPEAR AT THE HEARING OF THE MATTER AND TESTIFY REGARDING THOSE AFFIDAVITS. THE REPRESENTATIVE MUST APPEAR IN PERSON AND TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. IF MULTIPLE CLIENT AFFIDAVITS ARE FILED IN THE CASE AND ARE EXECUTED BY MORE THAN ONE AFFIANT, EACH AFFIANT MUST APPEAR AT THE HEARING OF THE MATTER. 2) IN CASES WHERE NO CLIENT AFFIDAVITS HAVE BEEN FILED, AN OFFICER OF THE PARTY SEEKING FORECLOSURE OR AN OFFICER OF ITS SERVICER MUST APPEAR AT THE HEARING OF THE MATTER AND TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE COMPLAINT AND CONTENTS OF OTHER DOCUMENTS OR COURT FILINGS. THE OFFICER MUST APPEAR IN PERSON AND TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. 3) IN CASES WHERE NO HEARING IS SCHEDULED BEFORE THE ENTRY OF JUDGMENT (SUCH AS SOME SUMMARY JUDGMENT CASES), THE OFFICER OF THE PARTY SEEKING FORECLOSURE MUST, CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, MOVE TO SCHEDULE A HEARING AT WHICH THE AFFIANT MAY APPEAR. 4) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AFFIANTS OF MILITARY AFFIDAVITS, THE AFFIANT OR AN OFFICER OF THE PARTY SEEKING FORECLOSURE OR OFFICER OF ITS SERVICER WHO APPEARS IN COURT IN LIEU OF THE FILING OF A FORECLOSURE COUNSEL AFFIDAVIT MUST APPEAR WITH THE ORIGINAL PROMISSORY NOTE, INCLUDING ALL ENDORSEMENTS AND ALLONGES AND A CURRENT PAYMENT HISTORY FOR THE MORTGAGE LOAN AT ISSUE. THE AFFIANT OR AN OFFICER OF THE PARTY SEEKING FORECLOSURE OR OFFICER OF ITS SERVICER MUST BE PREPARED TO TESTIFY THAT HE OR SHE HAS PERSONALLY REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS, RECORDS OR OTHER DATA RELATED TO THE CASE, HAS REVIEWED THE PLEADINGS AND OTHER COURT FILINGS IN THE CASE AND HAS CONFIRMED BOTH THE FACTUAL ACCURACY OF THE FILINGS AND THE ACCURACY OF THE NOTARIZATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN, IF ANY. THE AFFIANT OR AN OFFICER OF THE PARTY SEEKING FORECLOSURE OR OFFICER OF ITS SERVICER MUST BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONING OF THE MAGISTRATE OR JUDGE PRESIDING OVER THE HEARING AND THE QUESTIONING OF ANY OTHER PARTY ATTENDING THE HEARING. 5) IF THE AFFIANT OR OFFICER OF THE PARTY SEEKING FORECLOSURE OR AN OFFICER OF ITS SERVICER HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEPOSED AND HAS TESTIFIED UNDER OATH REGARDING THE ABOVE REQUIRED INFORMATION, THE FILING OF THE TRANSCRIPT OF THAT DEPOSITION WILL SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POLICY. FAILURE TO FILE AN ATTORNEY AFFIDAVIT OR DO ANY OF THE ALTERNATIVES TO FILING AN ATTORNEY AFFIDAVIT BEFORE THE CASE IS RIPE FOR THE ENTRY OF JUDGMENT WILL RESULT IN DISMISSAL OF THE CASE. NOTICE ISSUED
  26. MAGISTRATE AMY R JACKSON ASSIGNED (RANDOM)
  27. IT IS ORDERED BY THE COURT THAT THIS CAUSE BE REFERRED TO THE COURT MAGISTRATE TO TRY THE ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT ARISING THEREIN AND REPORT WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DELAY. A PARTY SEEKING A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MUST FILE A MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT. ONCE A CASE IS SET FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT, THE MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE WITHDRAWN ONLY BY SEPARATE MOTION WITH GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. NOTICE ISSUED
  28. SUMS COMPLAINT(55901522) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF CINCINNATI 221 EAST 4TH STREET CINCINNATI, OH 45202
  29. SUMS COMPLAINT(55901521) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: STATE OF OHIO, DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION C/O OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL 150 EAST GAY STREET, 21ST FLOOR COLUMBUS, OH 43215
  30. SUMS COMPLAINT(55901520) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: CITY OF CLEVELAND, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 601 LAKESIDE AVENUE EAST ROOM 320 CLEVELAND, OH 44114
  31. SUMS COMPLAINT(55901519) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: SHARELLE M. THOMPSON 10704 HULDA AVENUE CLEVELAND, OH 44104
  32. SUMS COMPLAINT(55901518) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: DAMON R. THOMPSON 10704 HULDA AVENUE CLEVELAND, OH 44104
  33. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  34. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  35. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  36. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  37. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  38. WRIT FEE
  39. WRIT FEE
  40. WRIT FEE
  41. WRIT FEE
  42. WRIT FEE
  43. JUDGE CASSANDRA COLLIER-WILLIAMS ASSIGNED (RANDOM)
  44. SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND FEE
  45. LEGAL RESEARCH
  46. LEGAL NEWS
  47. LEGAL AID
  48. COMPUTER FEE
  49. CLERK'S FEE
  50. DEPOSIT AMOUNT PAID DOUGLAS A. HAESSIG
  51. DEPOSIT AMOUNT PAID DOUGLAS A. HAESSIG

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