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Parties Involved:
D&Y Investments, L.L.C.
Appellant
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Appellee
Abe Moss
Appellant
Ocwen Loan Servicing, L.L.C.
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-20176

OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C.; DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL 

TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed 

Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W10, 

 Plaintiffs - Appellees

v.

ABE MOSS; D&Y INVESTMENTS, L.L.C., 

 Defendants - Appellants

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:13-CV-2441

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SOUTHWICK, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Ocwen Loan Servicing, L.L.C. and Deutsche Bank National Trust 

Company sued Abe Moss and D&Y Investments, L.L.C. The suit was a quiet 

title action to enforce a recorded security interest on property that Moss 

purchased at a tax foreclosure sale. Ocwen and Deutsche Bank claimed a 

violation of constitutional due process because they had not been given notice 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 14, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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of the tax foreclosure sale. The district court entered summary judgment for 

Ocwen and Deutsche Bank on the constitutional due process claim under 

Mennonite Board of Missions v. Adams, 462 U.S. 791 (1983). Moss appealed.

In the appellate briefing, Moss presented arguments based only on Texas 

law. Moss never engaged the ruling of the district court. Consequently, we 

have before us no legal or factual challenge to the district court’s opinion. See 

American States Ins. Co. v. Bailey, 133 F.3d 363, 372 (5th Cir. 1998). At oral 

argument, counsel did suggest one possible defect in the district court’s due 

process analysis. That argument was too late. An appellant abandons issues 

not argued in its initial brief on appeal. See United Paperworks Int’l Union 

AFL-CIO, CLC v. Champion Int’l Corp., 908 F.2d 1252, 1255 (5th Cir. 1990). 

AFFIRMED. 

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