IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,

IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA.

REF:07-10805-CI-8

UCN:522007CA010805XXCICI

DIVISION: 008

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOC., AS TRUSTEE,

PLAINTIFF,

AND

MICHAEL K. SMART, PRO SE

DEFENDANT.

MOTION TO/FOR:

MICHAEL K. SMART, PRO SE, RESPECTFULLY MOVES THIS HONORABLE COURT

TO GRANT THIS MOTION TO/FOR REOPEN AND DISMISS THIS CASE, AND AS
GROUNDS THEREFORE WOULD SHOW:

1. Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.540 Relief from Judgment, Decrees or

Orders Fraud (whether heretofore denominated intrinsic or extrinsic),
misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party; that the
judgment or decree is void. Specifically in a mortgage foreclosure case,
Jeff-ray Corp. v. Jacobson, 566 So. 2d 885 (Fla. 4 th DCA 1990) Further, in
another mortgage foreclosure, WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC v. Salomon,
874 So. 2d 680 (FLA. 4th DCA 2004), (Which cites to Jeff-Ray) the trail court
vacated default entered. The Forth District Court of Appeals affirmed the
order vacating default. In that case the Forth District explained that an
evidentiary hearing was the appropriate forum. That a proper Motion
pursuant to Rule 1.540(b) for fraud upon the court which can be brought
 at any time for one year after judgment has been entered. These cases are
strikingly similar to the facts of this case.
2. Plaintiff clearly committed fraud to the court stating it owned the note
and Mortgage and lead the court to believe that they filed the original
with the court. (See court file docket that they filed original on
08/24/2009), there is no original note and mortgage in the case file, only a
copy with the complaint and other copies that read unofficial copy from
the courts web site.
3. Plaintiff filed assignment of mortgage 8/21/2009 and again on 3/17/2010
and on 4/1/2010. The Plaintiff lacked standing to pursue foreclosure
Action. F.R.Civ.P 1.130(a) requires that a note upon which an action may
be brought, a copy of thereof, shall be attached to the pleading. There
was no copy of assignment because the assignment was issued after the
date of the complaint. The filing date of the complaint was filed on
10/24/2007 and the assignment was done on 11/5/2007 and since the
original mortgage was SMI-Credit Suisse Financial they needed the
assignment to possibly show interest in the property. In Jeff-Ray Corp. vs.
Jacobson. 566 SO.2d 885, the appellate court reversed the denial because
the assignment was not attached to the complaint. When Plaintiff later
produced the assignment, it reflected a transfer of interest some months
after the filing of the complaint. Jeff-Ray held a foreclosure action could
not be based on assignment instrument created after the complaint had
been filed. WM Specialty Mortgage v. Salomon, 874 SO.2d 680 (FLA 4 th
DCA 2004), which held a written assignment executed after the complaint
was filed may be valid if the lender could prove that there was a equitable
assignment before the complaint was filed. The record in the instant case,
how ever, is devoid of any evidence of an equitable assignment and
existence of equitable assignment is factual issue to be determined at a
hearing. Defendants request this court to recognize and adopt persuasive
authority in the form of two recent federal court opinions from Ohio. In
these decisions, Judge Christopher Boyko and Kathleen O Malley of the
Northern District of Ohio dismissed foreclosure cases under similar
circumstances as the instant case. (see Exhibit A & B) These decisions
discuss the problems inherent to prosecuting foreclosure matters where
legitimate issues of standing arise and why sufficient proof of ownership
of the notes and mortgage at issue should be provided and the court
should require such proof. Though not binding authority, the defendant
ask the court to adopt the reasoning of these decisions in concluding that
Florida law imposes similar requirements in satisfaction of basic due
process principles relating to real party in interest issue. Federal Circuit
Courts have ruled that the only way to prove the perfection of any
security, including promissory notes, is by actual possession of the
security. Current or prior possession must be proven. See Downing v. First
National Bank of Lake City, 81 SO.2d 486 (FLA, 1955); Figueredo v. Bank
Espirito Santo, 537 SO,2d 1113 (FLA. 3RD DCA 1989); Pastore-Borroto
Development, Inc v. Marevista Apartsments, M.B. Inc, 596 SO. 2d 526 (FLA
3rd DCA 1992); Nat’l Loan Investors, L.P v. Joymar Asocs, 767 SO 2d 549,
551 (FLA 3rd DCA 2000). “Only those who have standing to be heard in the
judicial proceeding may participate in it. “Byrom v. Gallagerher, 578 SO.
2d 715, 717 (FLA. 5th DCA 1991) One who does not have ownership,
possession, or the right to possession of the mortgage and the obligation
secured by it, may not foreclose the mortgage.” 37 Fla. Jur. Mortgage
and Deeds of trust Sec 240, citing in re: Shelter Development Group, Inc.
50 B.R. 588 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1985).
Plaintiff attached to the complaint a mortgage identifying SMI-CREDIT
SUISSE FINANCIAL, an entity that is not the Plaintiff, as the owner and
holder of the mortgage. This document conflict with the Plaintiff’s
allegations of material facts in the complaint as to ownership of the
subject note and mortgage.
The Plaintiff’s complaint fails to contain sufficient fact to establish who
the Plaintiff is or the Plaintiff’s relationship to the Defendant, or the
Plaintiff’s relationship or connection to the claim for foreclosure of a
mortgage, including the failure to identify the mortgage and note to the
Plaintiff. The Plaintiff alleges it is the owner and holder of the subject
note and mortgage. These allegations are directly conflicting with the
mortgage attached to the complaint, thereby rendering the complaint
insufficient to identify who the Plaintiff is or what facts establish the
standing of the Plaintiff to file and prosecute this foreclosure.
Again Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.130(a) provides in pertinent part: “All bonds, notes,
bills of exchange, contracts, accounts or documents upon which action
may be brought or defense made, or a copy of the portions thereof
material to the pleadings, shall be incorporated in or attached to the
pleading.
When exhibits are inconsistent with the Plaintiff’s allegations of material
facts as to the real party in interest, such allegations cancel each other
out.
Fladell v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, 772 So.2d 1240
(Fla.2000);Greenwald v. Triple D Properties, Inc., 424 So.2d 185,187(Fla.
4th DCA 1983); Costa Bella Development Corp. v. Costa Development
Corp., 441 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 3 rd DCA 1983).
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.130(b) provides in pertinent part: “Any
exhibit attached to a pleading shall be considered a part thereof for all
purposes.”
Because the facts revealed by Plaintiff’s exhibits are inconsistent with
Plaintiff’s allegations as to the ownership of the subject note and
mortgage, those allegations are neutralized and Plaintiff’s complaint is
rendered objectionable.
Greenwald v. Triple D Properties, Inc., 424 So.2d 185, 187 (Fla. 4 th DCA
1983).
1. Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 210(a) provides in pertinent part: “Every
action may be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, but a
personal representative, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express
trust, a party with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for
the benefit of another, or a party expressly authorized by statute may sue
in that person’s own name without joining the party for whose benefit
the action is brought.”
The Plaintiff in this action meets none of the aforementioned criteria.
Because the exhibits attached to Plaintiff’s complaint are inconsistent
with Plaintiff’s allegations as to ownership of the subject promissory note
 and mortgage, Plaintiff has failed to establish itself as the real party in
interest.
The Plaintiff is not the real party in interest in this mortgage foreclosure
action under Florida law, which clearly requires the plaintiff in a
foreclosure action must own the note and mortgage in question in order
to be entitled to maintain the action. Your Construction Center, Inc. v.
Gross, 316 So.2d 596 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975) (finding that the plaintiff, a
trustee of a Massachusetts business trust, was “the sole payee on the
note and motgage” and held that “…when plaintiff files his complaint, he
must necessarily allege he is the owner and holder of the note and
mortgage in question”)(citing 22 Fla. Jur., Mortgages Sec. 314 (1958)).
Plaintiff attaches a mortgage to the complaint in compliance with Florida
Rule of Civil Procedure 1.130(a). The mortgage attached, however,
conflicts with the allegations of material facts in the complaint in which
Plaintiff claims it is the holder of the mortgage and note. See Jeff-Ray
Corp. vs. Jacobson, 566 So. 2d 885 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990) (citing Safeco Ins.
Co. vs. Ware, 401 So 2d 1129 (Fla. 4 th DCA 1981)(dismissing complaint for
failure of insurer to attach insurance policy).
4. Plaintiff filed a complaint with State of Florida claiming possible mortgage
fraud on part of the Defendant which was proven untrue.
5. It is clear to the Defendant that the Plaintiff has committed fraud upon
the court.
6. The Defendant asks the court if motion is denied to place a order as to
the sale or transfer of property so Defendant can file with Court Of
Appeals and not bring a 3 rd party into this case.
7. The Defendant prays that the court reviews the file and grant a rehearing
on the basis it finds.

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Furnished to the following individuals, this 3 day of August, 2010.

Michael A. Curry Vicki

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Awerbach & Cohn, P .A.
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Petersburg, FL 33714 Clearwater, FL 33759
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Tampa, FL 33622-5018
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For B & D Resources, Inc.
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Michael K. Smart,
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Pro Se 5354 10 Ave. N.

S1. Petersburg, FL 33710
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