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Cuyahoga County

Ohio

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Case Information

Filed 2026-02-10
Status ACTIVE
Type Foreclosure Marsh. Of Lien
Docket 27 entries

Parties

Plaintiff Pennymac Loan Services, Llc
Defendant Phillip R Adams|Unk. Spouse, If Any, Of Phillip R Adams|Westlake Services, Llc Dba Westlake Financial Services
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Judge

Hon. Jeffrey P Saffold

Cuyahoga County (OH)

Ohio

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Docket Entries

  1. CASE FILED: COMPLAINT W PRELIMINARY JUDICIAL REPORT
  2. CERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPT NO. 59600095 RETURNED 3/3/2026 FAILURE OF SERVICE ON DEFENDANT UNK. SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF PHILLIP R ADAMS - UNCLAIMED NOTICE MAILED TO PLAINTIFF(S) ATTORNEY
  3. CERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPT NO. 59600094 RETURNED 3/3/2026 FAILURE OF SERVICE ON DEFENDANT ADAMS/PHILLIP/R - UNCLAIMED NOTICE MAILED TO PLAINTIFF(S) ATTORNEY
  4. ***PLEASE CHECK (HTTPS://CPDOCKET.CP.CUYAHOGACOUNTY.GOV/TOS.ASPX) AND ENTER THE LAST SIX DIGITS OF YOUR CASE NUMBER TO READ THE FULL TEXT OF THIS ENTRY*** A FORECLOSURE CASE HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST YOU. YOUR CASE MAY BE A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE OR A TAX FORECLOSURE. PLEASE READ THIS ENTRY TO FIND OUT ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSISTANCE THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: IF YOUR CASE IS A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE (A CASE WHERE YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE FROM A BANK OR MORTGAGE COMPANY, FOR EXAMPLE), YOU MAY CHOOSE TO REACH OUT TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT POSSIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND/OR HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES: CHN HOUSING PARTNERS 2999 PAYNE AVE, SUITE 134 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114 (216) 881-8443 COMMUNITY HOUSING SOLUTIONS 12114 LARCHMERE BOULEVARD CLEVELAND, OHIO 44120 (216) 651-0077 (WEST SIDE) - OR - (216) 231-5815 (EAST SIDE) BENJAMIN ROSE (FORMERLY EMPOWERING AND STRENGTHENING OHIO'S PEOPLE (ESOP)) 11890 FAIRHILL ROAD CLEVELAND, OHIO 44120 (216) 791-8000 HOME REPAIR RESOURCE CENTER 2520 NOBLE ROAD CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO 44121 (216) 381-6100 OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT HOME RELIEF GRANT: HTTPS://DEVELOPMENT.OHIO.GOV/INDIVIDUAL/ENERGY-ASSISTANCE/HOME-RELIEF-GRANT LEGAL ASSISTANCE: YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR NO-COST LEGAL COUNSEL THROUGH THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY. PLEASE CONTACT LEGAL AID AT (216) 861-5899 FOR MORE INFORMATION. YOU MAY ALSO CHOOSE TO COMPLETE THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY'S ONLINE INTAKE APPLICATION, FOUND HERE: HTTPS://CLEVELANDLEGALAIDOI.LEGALSERVER.ORG/MODULES/MATTER/EXTERN_INTAKE.PHP?PID=131&H=6637A1&. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY IS LOCATED AT: HTTPS://LASCLEV.ORG/APPLY-FOR-FREE-LEGAL-AID/. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU IN YOUR CASE, YOU CAN CONTACT A PRIVATE ATTORNEY ON YOUR OWN OR REQUEST A REFERRAL THROUGH THE CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE. THE SERVICE MAY BE CONTACTED ONLINE AT: HTTPS://WWW.CLEMETROBAR.ORG/?PG=CLIENTREFERRALS, OR BY PHONE AT (216) 696-3532. A FREE INITIAL TELEPHONE CONSULTATION IS OFFERED THROUGH THE SERVICE, BUT YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET IF YOU CHOOSE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY. MEDIATION: IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT WITH YOUR LENDER, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO MEDIATE YOUR CASE. WHILE THERE IS NO GUARANTY THAT YOUR CASE CAN BE MEDIATED, YOU MAY FILE A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR MEDIATION OR A SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE IN YOUR CASE WITH THE CLERK OF COURT, EXPLAINING YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHY YOU BELIEVE YOUR CASE IS APPROPRIATE FOR MEDIATION. TAX FORECLOSURES IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO ENTER INTO A REPAYMENT PLAN WITH THE TREASURER, YOU MAY CONTACT THE TREASURER'S TAX SERVICES OFFICE AT (216) 443-7420. GENERAL INFORMATION IN ANY TYPE OF FORECLOSURE CASE, HELPFUL INFORMATION MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER. THE RESOURCE CENTER CAN: (1) PROVIDE YOU WITH ACCURATE GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURT; (2) OFFER YOU FORMS OR PLEADINGS; AND (3) ASSIST YOU WITH POSSIBLE REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AN IN-PERSON APPOINTMENT WITH THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER MAY BE SCHEDULED AT: HTTPS://WWW.SIGNUPGENIUS.COM/GO/RESOURCECTR#/. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER IS LOCATED AT: HTTPS://CP.CUYAHOGACOUNTY.GOV/COURT-RESOURCES/COURT-RESOURCE-CENTER/ YOU MAY ALSO CHOOSE TO PROCEED IN YOUR CASE WITHOUT SEEKING ASSISTANCE. HELPFUL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW A FORECLOSURE CASE WORKS, IN GENERAL, CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS://CP.CUYAHOGACOUNTY.GOV/DEPARTMENTS/MAGISTRATES/. NOTICE ISSUED
  5. A REVIEW OF THE DOCKET REVEALS PLAINTIFF FILED A COMPLAINT ON 2/10/26. PLAINTIFF IS ORDERED TO PERFECT SERVICE PURSUANT TO CIV.R. 4(E), OR THE PLEADING WILL BE DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. NOTICE ISSUED
  6. USPS RECEIPT NO. 59600096 DELIVERED BY USPS 02/17/2026 WESTLAKE SERVICES, LLC PROCESSED BY COC 02/25/2026.
  7. SUMS COMPLAINT(59600096) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: WESTLAKE SERVICES, LLC SERVE CORPORATE CREATIONS NETWORK, 8520 ALLISON POINTE BLVD., #220 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46250
  8. SUMS COMPLAINT(59600095) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: UNK. SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF PHILLIP R ADAMS 13421 MERL AVE LAKEWOOD, OH 44107
  9. SUMS COMPLAINT(59600094) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: PHILLIP R ADAMS 13421 MERL AVE LAKEWOOD, OH 44107
  10. WRIT FEE
  11. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  12. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  13. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  14. WRIT FEE
  15. WRIT FEE
  16. 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
  17. MAGISTRATE CHRISTOPHER DAY ASSIGNED (MANUALLY)
  18. 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
  19. JUDGE JEFFREY P SAFFOLD ASSIGNED (RANDOM)
  20. SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND FEE
  21. LEGAL RESEARCH
  22. LEGAL NEWS
  23. LEGAL AID
  24. COMPUTER FEE
  25. CLERK'S FEE
  26. DEPOSIT AMOUNT PAID CARRIE L DAVIS
  27. DEPOSIT AMOUNT PAID CARRIE L DAVIS

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