[Cite as Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co., v. Green, 2013-Ohio-977.]

COURT OF APPEALS 

LICKING COUNTY, OHIO 

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT 

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST 

COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI 

ASSET SECURITIZATION 

CORPORATION TRUST 2007-HE2 

 Plaintiff-Appellee 

-vsRONALD D. GREEN, ET AL. 

 Defendants-Appellants 

JUDGES: 

Hon. William B. Hoffman, P.J. 

Hon. Sheila G. Farmer, J. 

Hon. John W. Wise, J. 

Case No. 12-CA-47 

O P I N I O N 

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING: Appeal from the Licking County Court of 

Common Pleas, Case No. 2009 CV 01300 

JUDGMENT: Affirmed 

DATE OF JUDGMENT ENTRY: March 14, 2013 

APPEARANCES: 

For Plaintiff-Appellee For Defendants-Appellants 

SCOTT A. KING BRUCE M. BOYLES 

NICHOLAS W. MYLES The Law Office of Bruce M. Broyles 

Thompson Hine LLP 5815 Market Street, Suite 2 

Austin Landing I Boardman, Ohio 44512 

10050 Innovation Drive 

Suite 400 

Dayton, Ohio 45342 
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Hoffman, P.J. 

{¶1} Defendants-appellants Ronald Green and Sharon Green (hereinafter 

“Green”) appeal the May 9, 2012 Judgment Entry entered by the Licking County Court 

of Common Pleas, denying their Motion for Relief from the August 25, 2009 Decree of 

Foreclosure by Default, and Motion for Stay of Execution and Canceling Sheriff’s Sale 

Scheduled for May 11, 2012. Plaintiff-appellee is Deutsche Bank National Trust 

Company as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization Trust 2007-HE2 (hereinafter 

“Deutsche Bank”). 

STATEMENT OF THE CASE1

{¶2} Deutsche Bank sued Green for the balance due on a note and to foreclose 

a mortgage against property owned by Green located at 13595 Cable Road S.W., 

Pataskala, Ohio. Green did not answer the complaint. 

{¶3} Deutsche Bank moved for and was granted default on August 28, 2009. 

The subject property was sold at Sheriff’s sale on May 27, 2011. 

{¶4} On February 9, 2012, Green filed a Motion for Relief from Judgment, 

which the trial court denied on February 13, 2012. In that same entry, the trial court 

granted a previously filed motion by Deutsche Bank to withdraw its previous entry 

confirming the sale of the property and directed the property to be resold. 

{¶5} On May 9, 2012, Green filed a second Motion for Relief from Judgment. 

The trial court denied this second motion for relief on May 9, 2012.2

 

 

1

 A rendition of the facts is unnecessary for our disposition of this appeal. 

2

 On May 11, 2012, Green filed a petition for bankruptcy. On May 16, 2012, Green filed 

a Notice of Appeal and Motion to Stay Sheriff’s Sale. The trial court stayed proceedings 
Licking County, Case No. 12-CA-47 3

{¶6} It is from the trial court’s May 9, 2012 Judgment Entry Green prosecutes 

this appeal, assigning as error: 

{¶7} “I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE MOTION FOR RELIEF 

FROM JUDGMENT.” 

{¶8} Deutsche Bank argues Green’s second motion for relief from judgment is 

barred by res judicata. We agree. 

{¶9} “[R]es judicata prevents the successive filings of Civ.R. 60(B) motions [for] 

relief from a valid, final judgment when based upon the same facts and same grounds 

or based upon facts that could have been raised in the prior motion.” Harris v. 

Anderson, 109 Ohio St.3d 101, 2006-Ohio-1934, ¶8, quoting Beck-Durell Creative 

Dept., Inc. v. Imaging Power, Inc., 10th Dist. Franklin No. 02 AP-281, 2002-Ohio-5908, 

¶16. 

{¶10} The trial court denied Green’s first motion for relief of its August 28, 2009 

Default Judgment on February 13, 2012. Green did not appeal that decision. 

{¶11} We find all the grounds alleged in Green’s second motion for relief from 

the default judgment were or could have been raised in their first motion for relief from 

judgment. Accordingly, we find Green’s arguments herein are barred by res judicata 

pursuant to the holding in Harris. 

{¶12} Green’s assignment of error is overruled. 

 

and this Court stayed appellate proceedings based upon the bankruptcy petition. On 

August 7, 2012, this Court lifted the bankruptcy stay. 
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{¶13} The judgment of the Licking County Court of Common Pleas is affirmed. 

By: Hoffman, P.J. 

Farmer, J. and 

Wise, J. concur 

 s/ William B. Hoffman _________________

 HON. WILLIAM B. HOFFMAN 

 s/ Sheila G. Farmer __________________

 HON. SHEILA G. FARMER 

 s/ John W. Wise _____________________

 HON. JOHN W. WISE 

 
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR LICKING COUNTY, OHIO 

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT 

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST : 

COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI : 

ASSET SECURITIZATION : 

CORPORATION TRUST 2007-HE2 : 

 : 

 Plaintiff-Appellee : 

 : 

-vs- : JUDGMENT ENTRY 

 : 

RONALD D. GREEN, ET AL. : 

 : 

 Defendants-Appellants : Case No. 12-CA-47 

 For the reason stated in our accompanying Opinion, the May 9, 2012 Judgment 

Entry of the Licking County Court of Common Pleas is affirmed. Costs assessed to 

Appellant. 

 s/ William B. Hoffman _________________

 HON. WILLIAM B. HOFFMAN 

 s/ Sheila G. Farmer __________________

 HON. SHEILA G. FARMER 

 s/ John W. Wise _____________________

 HON. JOHN W. WISE