The Docket

Federal Court

• C09-00459 JW (elderly widow convinced to repeatedly refinance her home by a loan officer at a bank).  Co-counsel: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
• C03-5432 JF (landlord discriminated against plaintiff for having children; confirmed by testing)
• C05-2905 HRL (mortgage broker and two lenders targeted numerous Latino homeowners for high-cost loans, using fraud, lack of Spanish translation of the documents, and fabrication of qualifications).  Co-counsel:  Public Interest Law Firm; Howrey LLP
• C06-1682 JW (nursing home refused to rent to patient who was HIV-positive because already had 4 HIV-positive residents)
• C06-2541 JF (senior Latino woman misled about terms of loan, had her documents backdated, and was denied her statutory right to cancel the loan).  Co-counsel:  DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
• C06-3904 JW (two Latino families with children were harassed and not allowed to play outside)
• C06- 4253 JF (landlord targets tenants with mental health disabilities for his rooming house and then makes derogatory comments and fails to maintain the property)
• C06-6323 JF (continuing care facility refused to allow woman to stay in independent living as a reasonable accommodation).  Co-counsel: Relman & Associates; AARP Foundation.
• C06-6774 JW (Spanish-speaking couple was victimized by predatory broker and lender, who fabricated his loan application and documentation).  Co-counsel: Fish & Richardson P.C.
• C07-0999 RS (single mother was discouraged from applying for housing; testing confirmed discrimination)
• C07-1571 RS (nine Latino households purchasing homes were victimized by same brokers, real agent agents, and “downpayment assistance” lender, who committed fraud and violated lending laws)
• C07-5670 HRL (HIV-positive resident of a board and care asked to move out; testing by Project Sentinel confirmed discriminatory intent).  Co-counsel:  AIDS Legal Services
• C08-3448 RS (renters were informed that owners' insurance company would cancel its fire insurance policy on the house if they opened a licensed family child care hme on the premises).  Co-counsel:  PILF, Child Care Law Center, Andrea Scheley, Michael Hendershot

State Court

• 1-04-CV-25491 (mortgage company refused to lend to operator of licensed home day care).  Project Sentinel represented by Brancart & Brancart
• 1-05-CV-36709 (elderly couple were tricked into signing over home, which was sold out from under them).  Co-counsel:  Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
• 1-05-CV-48552 (low-income woman lured into loan she could not afford; broker forged documentation).  Co-counsel: Brancart & Brancart
• 1-06-CV-64087 (writ to require County Recorder’s office to accept notices of rescission for deeds of trust).  Co-counsel:  Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• 1-06-CV-66454 (landlord discriminated against applicant based on sexual orientation).  Co-counsel: DFEH
• 1-06-CV-74640 (landlord evicted tenant after discovering that tenant had a mental health disability)
• 1-06-CV-074346 (couple defrauded by equity purchaser disguised as a refinance)
• 1-07-CV-78773 (senior Filipino woman victimized by “deed theft” scam, losing title to her house)
• 1-07-CV-78773 (apartment management denied request by a tenant with mental health disabilities to have a month-to-month fee waiver as a reasonable accommodation)

HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)

• 09-04-0458-8 (nursing home discriminated against applicant with HIV)
• 09-06-946-8 (manager yelled at children and refused to let them play outside)

DFEH (California Department of Fair Employment and Housing)

• H200506-Q-0031 (restrictive rules and steering for families with children)
• H200506-Q-0252 (manager harassed families with children)
• H200506-Q-0434 (landlord refused reasonable accommodation request to waive lease requirement for tenant with emotional disability)

Updated: January 2009