Chico Homeowner's Foreclosure Eviction Stopped; Files Suit Requesting Cancellation Of Alleged Predatory Loan

In Chico, California, the Chico Enterprise Record reports:

• To prevent a Chico woman from losing her home, several lawyers filed suit against three firms they accused of engaging in a "predatory lending scheme." "We're hoping this is going to help this woman out. She certainly deserves it after what she's been through," said Evanne O'Donnell, managing attorney of Legal Services of Northern California.

• Jan Poythress, 53, was within days of being evicted from her northeast Chico home last month when the attorneys intervened. The eviction was put on hold, and Poythress remains in the house while a new trial is scheduled to decide the legality of requiring her to move.

• In a separate case, the lawyers, on March 5, sued Instant Mortgage Lending Corp. of San Diego, ForeclosureLink of Fair Oaks and Expedia Home Loan of San Diego, demanding, among other things, that Poythress' loan and the foreclosure on her home be canceled. "When you read this complaint, you see how sinister this is," O'Donnell said in a phone interview.

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• O'Donnell said she was grateful for the help of several attorneys — experts on foreclosures and evictions — who donated their time free of charge. They include Doug Jacobs of Chico, Wayne Silver of Sunnyvale and Maeve Elise Brown of Oakland.

For more, see Lawsuit filed to save disabled Chicoan's home.

For earlier Chico Enterprise Record articles on this story, see:

• Lawyers hope to halt woman's eviction.

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