Consumer complaint received 2017-12-10
Company: Law Office of James R. Vaughan, P.C.
State: AZ
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: I do not know
Issue: False statements or representation
Sub-issue: Told you not to respond to a lawsuit they filed against you

Complaint:
My name is XXXX XXXX and I 'm the defendant in a XXXX XXXX XXXX civil case # XXXX. I believe the Plaintiff ' XXXX XXXX XXXX and the Plaintiff 's attorney Law Office of James R Vaughan is attempting mislead and lie to government officials and hide/remove legal documents from the court/judges in the case to gain financially for the plaintiff. On XX/XX/XXXX the court had a ruling refusing to renew the Default judgment in this case because the plaintiff 's attorney tried to renew the Default Judgment to early by 6 months and violated ARS12-1612 E & F and was denied because the last renewal of judgment was stamp dated XX/XX/XXXX. The plaintiff 's attorney Filed XX/XX/XXXX and asked the court to reconsider its ruling from XX/XX/XXXX and was told they could not file because the file was destroyed pursuant to legal authority because of XX/XX/XXXX ruling. I went to court to file a motion and clerk said I could n't on XX/XX/XXXX and was told I could n't. Instead the court handed me a form called a certificate of Judgment status ( form is attached ) with my case # and 2 boxes were marked on the form. One box has been checked it says " more than five ( 5 ) years has passed since date of judgment and a renewal of judgment has not been filed with this court. '' the second box is checked it says " " The file has been destroyed pursuant to legal authority '' its signed XX/XX/XXXX by the clerk of the XXXX XXXX XXXX. I mailed this form to the plaintiff 's attorney and they did not add it intentionally to the case docket. After that day if you put in the case # it would not come up on the internet. Then 5 months pass and i get a letter that they renewed the judgement Dated XX/XX/XXXX. I received this letter around XX/XX/XXXX. The Plantiff 's attorney has reconstructed the case intentionally leaving out ruling refusing to renew the judgment in the case from the case docket from XX/XX/XXXX and the signed clerk letter from XX/XX/XXXX. The Plaintiff 's attorney knows they could not renew the debt so is hiding this XX/XX/XXXX ruling. There are several legal documents missing intentially from this case and several documents since XX/XX/XXXX. There has been several new motion and hearings took place that was not sent to me even though the plantiff 's attorney and the court have my correct address. under 12-1612 E & F it seems the illegally removed their attempt to renew the judgement knowing they did 6 months prior and the court denied it XX/XX/XXXX and destroyed the case file and now they reconstructed an incomplete case file removing legal rulings. All this time the attorney has my address but does not send any filings or hearing dates to me and has never produced any legal proof that this is my debt. I answer the original case within 20 days via phone asked him to send me the debt info and I would pay it. XXXX XXXX XXXX lied to court and said I never answered the within 20 days the original Default judgment case.. ARS12-1612 E & F E. Additional and successive renewal affidavits as provided for in subsection B may be made and filed within ninety days of expiration of five years from the date of the filing of a prior renewal affidavit. F. Recorded judgments that have been timely renewed by a renewal affidavit and successive affidavits, even if such successive affidavits were not authorized by prior law, may be renewed as provided in this section if the prior renewal affidavits were filed within ninety days from the expiration of each successive five year period.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation