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    Jennifer Franklin-Prescott

    BankUnited fraud victim

    CERTIFIED DELIVERIES

    The Honorable Daniel R. Monaco

    The Hon. Hugh D. Hayes, Disposition JudgeCircuit Court Judges, Twentieth Judicial Circuit

    Judicial Assistants Karen / Jan

    Collier County Government Complex3301 Tamiami Trail East

    Naples, Florida 34112

    Phone: 239.774.8118Fax: 239.252.8870; 239.775.5538; 239.774.9654; 239-252-8020

    Email: [email protected],[email protected] , [email protected]

    RE: Unlawful hearing in disposed wrongful foreclosure case 09-6016-CA

    VIOLATIONS OF OFFICE POLICIES & PROCEDURES IN DISPOSED CASE

    ISSUE OF UNAUTHORIZED / UNLAWFUL HEARING

    1.Only hearings for Summary and Default Judgments may be scheduled on the

    Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday dockets before Judge Daniel Monaco. These

    timeslots will be in 5 minute increments. ( DO NOT schedule any other kind ofmotions on this docket.) All motions other than MSJ and DJ will be cancelled by

    Court Administration. No additional motions will be heard with theSummary/Default Judgments before Judge Monaco.

    2.

    A party/attorney scheduling a hearing mustconcurrently notice the matter in

    conformance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure and ensure timely notice is

    served on all pro-se parties and counsel of record in advance of the hearing. Theoriginal notice must be timely filed with the Clerk of Court.

    See OFFICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURE, Senior Judge Foreclosure, Collier County

    Clerk of Court.

    Here accordingly, BankUnited was not entitledtosue nor to any hearingand did not

    serve any timely notice of hearingon Jennifer Franklin-Prescott as also conclusively

    evidenced by the Clerks 02/18/2011 Docket.

    Respectfully,

    /s/Jennifer Franklin-Prescott

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    IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

    IN AND FOR COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA

    BANKUNITED,

    non-successor in interestto [lawfully seized] BANKUNITED, FSB.,

    purportedplaintiff(s),

    vs.

    DISPOSED CASE NO.: 09-6016-CA

    JENNIFER FRANKLIN-PRESCOTT, et al.,purported defendants.

    _________________________________________________________________________/

    NOTICE OF APPEAL

    AND OF BANKUNITEDS LACK OFSTANDING& FRAUD ON THE COURT

    1. Jennifer Franklin-Prescott hereby files herNOTICE OF APPEAL. Fraud victim Franklin-

    Prescott defends against fraud on the Court and wrongful foreclosure acts by

    BankUnited and/or foreclosure mill Albertelli Law.

    02/18/2011 DOCKET EVIDENCE

    2. In this disposed action, the Clerk of Courts 02/18/2011 Docket showed:

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    UNAUTHORIZED (AMENDED) 02/22/11, 10:00A.M., HEARING, DEFENDANTS

    MOTION TO DISMISS / MOTION TO ENJOIN

    3. On 02/08/2011, BankUnited amended the NOTICE OF 02/22/11 HEARING,

    10:00A.M., DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS / MOTION TO ENJOIN. The

    unauthorized amended 02/14/11 HEARING did not take place.

    BANKUNITED DID NOT SERVENOTICE OF HEARINGON FRANKLIN-PRESCOTT

    4. A party/attorney scheduling a hearing mustconcurrently notice the matter in conformance

    with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure and ensure timely notice is served on all pro-se

    parties and counsel of record in advance of the hearing. The original notice must be timely

    filed with the Clerk of Court.

    See OFFICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURE, Senior Judge Foreclosure, Collier County

    Clerk of Court.

    5. Here, BankUnited was not entitledto any hearingand did notserve any timely notice of

    hearing on Jennifer Franklin-Prescott as also conclusively evidenced by the attached

    02/18/2011 Docket.

    ISSUE OF UNAUTHORIZED SCHEDULING OF UNLAWFUL HEARING

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    Only hearings for Summary and Default Judgments may be scheduled on the

    Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday dockets before Judge Daniel Monaco. These

    timeslots will be in 5 minute increments. (DO NOT schedule any other kind of

    motions on this docket.) All motions other than MSJ and DJ will be cancelled by

    Court Administration. No additional motions will be heard with the

    Summary/Default Judgments before Judge Monaco. Id.

    BANKUNITEDS LACK OFSTANDING& FRAUD ON THE COURT

    6. Pursuant to the conclusive evidence on file in this disposed action, BankUnited lacked any

    standing, identification as note holder and/or owner, and entitlement to the pretended

    hearing on 02/22/2011. As a matter of law, BankUnited had no right to sue Franklin-

    Prescott who does not owe money to BankUnited.

    LACK OFAUTHORITYAND/ORJURISDICTION

    7. In the prima facie absence of anystandingand required conditions precedent, the Court has

    no authority under the Rules. BankUniteds so-called evidence on file was inadmissible,

    incompetent, and/or hearsay.

    RECORD DISPOSITION IN FAVOR OF PRESCOTT FOR LACK OFSTANDING

    8. Case # 09-6016-CA was disposed on 08/12/2010 in favor of Jennifer Franklin-Prescott. This

    Court disposed of COUNTS I, II, and III. COUNT I (reestablishment of lost instrument)

    was facially frivolous, because the lost instrument/note identified bankrupt and defunct

    BankUnited, FSB [rather than BankUnited] as a lender.

    9. In its facially frivolous and insufficient complaint for mortgage foreclosure, plaintiff

    BankUnited wrongfully sued Jennifer Franklin-Prescott in the record absence of any

    instrumentand/ornote identifying BankUnited.

    BANKRUPT & SEIZED BANKUNITED, FSB WAS NOT ANY PLAINTIFF

    10. BankUnited, FSB was not any plaintiff in this disposed action.

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    11. The electronic docket in this disposed action had erroneously listed BankUnited, FSB as a

    plaintiff in this disposed action.

    12. In this disposed action, Plaintiff BankUnited had deceptively alleged that all conditions

    precedent to the institution of this action have occurred (see complaint, 2, p. 2 of 8,

    General Allegations).

    13. The subject mortgage referenced in the wrongful complaint identified BankUnited, FSB

    rather than the plaintiff, i.e., BankUnited.

    14. The logo ofbankrupt and lawfully seized BankUnited, FSB included a palm tree and

    BANKUNITED.

    15. Plaintiff BankUnited had falsely alleged that The plaintiff [is] named in the attached

    complaint [BankUnited] is the creditor to whom the debt is owed The undersigned

    attorney represents the interest of the plaintiff. See Notice Required by the Debt Collection

    Practices Act attached to disposed complaint.

    16. Plaintiff BankUnited was not any creditor in the disposed wrongful action.

    17. Jennifer Franklin-Prescott did not owe any debt to plaintiff BankUnited pursuant to the

    evidence on file in this disposed wrongful action.

    18. Undersigned Camner Lipsitz, PA, and/or founder ofbankrupt and defunct BankUnited,

    FSB, Alfred Camner, Esq., represented the interest of the plaintiff [BankUnited].

    19. BankUnited had fraudulently alleged in the Complaint ( 16, Count II) that plaintiff

    [BankUnited] owns and holds the note and mortgage.

    20. The purported note and/ormortgage within the four corners of the disposed complaint did

    not identify BankUnited as a lender.

    21. The purported note/mortgage identified BankUnited, FSB as a lender.

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    22. No admissible evidence of any obligation to pay money to BankUnited existed on the

    record of this disposed wrongful action, and Jennifer Franklin-Prescott was not obligatedto

    make anypaymentto BankUnited.

    23. Plaintiff BankUniteds purported 01/12/2011 Affidavits as to amounts due and attorneys

    fees were fraudulent and not founded on any note and/or mortgage identifying

    BankUnited as a lender.

    24. An affidavit that is not executed in accordance with the requirements of Ch. 92, Florida

    Statutes, is not competent evidence in a civil case.

    25. The allegedpromissory note was never properly executed.

    26. BankUnited has had no right to enforce the falsely pretended mortgage/note.

    27. BankUnited never satisfied the required conditions precedent.

    28. BankUnited had nostanding.

    29. BankUnited failed to state any cause of action.

    30. BankUnited could not have possibly been entitled to any summary disposition and/or

    hearingin this disposed action.

    31. Pedro Luis Licourt is not any knownparty to the disposed action, Case # 09-6016-CA

    32. The purported Amended Motion for Summary Judgment and for Attorney Fees against

    Pedro Luis Licourt was erroneous, irrational, and irrelevant to said disposed action.

    33. Said action was disposed, because here no note and/ormortgage had been transferred to

    BankUnited.

    34. The record and/or docket of this disposed action conclusively evidenced the genuine issues

    of material fact, which prohibited any summary disposition after the 08/12/2011

    disposition.

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    35. The 02/08/2011 Amended Mtoin for Summary Judgment and for Attorney Fees against

    Pedro Luis Lizourt was erroneous, irrational, and irrelevant to said disposed action.

    36. There was no service of notice of 02/14/2011 hearingupon Jennifer Franklin-Prescott nor

    any 02/14/2011 hearing.

    37. There was no service of notice of 02/22/2011 hearingupon Franklin-Prescott, and the

    amended hearing on 02/14/2010 did not take place.

    38. In this disposed action, the purported Defendants motion to dismiss/motion to enjoin was

    moot and irrational.

    39. Jennifer Franklin-Prescott was neverproperly servedeither bypersonal service of process or

    by any other service of process in strict compliance with Chapters 48 and 49, Florida

    Statutes.

    40. BankUnited failed to conduct a diligent search in strict compliance with the Florida

    statutes governing service of process.

    41. The record established that the falsely allegedservice by publication was void.

    42. Floridas Statutes governing service of process are to be strictly construed to assure that

    defendants have the opportunity to protect their rights.

    43. Any judgment against a defendant based upon improper service by publication would have

    lacked authority of law.

    44. Estoppel prevented identical parties from re-litigating prima facie frivolous issues after the

    08/12/2010 disposition under the disguise of an unlawful and controvertedsummary

    disposition motion.

    NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO ANYHEARING&MAGISTRATEIN DISPOSED CASE

    AND OF BINDING PRECEDENT IN SUPPORT OF 08/12/2010 DISPOSITION

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    FILED NOTICE OF FRANKLIN-PRESCOTTS OBJECTION & NON-CONSENT

    45. Jennifer Franklin-Prescott again objects to any hearing and/or any magistrate in this

    disposed action. Here, no hearingwas authorizedand/orlawfuland the notice a sham.

    RECORD DISPOSITION FOR LACK OFSTANDING& FAILURE TOSTATE CAUSE

    46. This action had been disposed on 08/12/2010.

    ERRONEOUS NOTICE IN DISPOSED ACTION

    47. On 02/18/2011, the Docket showed a notice of hearing which was amended. Here, the

    notice did notpertain to Jennifer Franklin-Prescott and/or the disposed action but to Pedro

    Luis Licourt, who is not any known party.

    UNLAWFUL/UNAUTHORIZEDHEARINGIN DISPOSED ACTION

    48. Here, the erroneously alleged amended mtoin for summary judgment does not pertain to

    this disposed action. Any hearing and/or any motion for summary disposition would be

    improper, unauthorized, and/or unlawful.

    NO FEBRUARYHEARINGAPPEARED ON THE DOCKET

    49. Here, the 02/18/2011 Docket did not show any hearingand/orhearing date:

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    NO CONSENT& OBJECTION TO ANY MAGISTRATE (HEARING)

    50. Previously and repeatedly, Franklin-Prescott had objected to any magistrate hearing.Because of the record lack of any consent, a previous hearing had been cancelled in this

    disposed action.

    51. The record lackofconsenthad been erroneously entered as non-contest:

    VAGUE & AMBIGUOUS SHAM NOTICE IN DISPOSED ACTION

    52. In this disposed action, the notice was vague, ambiguous, and unintelligent. A pleading is

    considered a sham when it is inherently false and based on plain orconceded facts clearly

    known to be false at the time the pleading was made. See Decker v. County of Volusia, 698

    So. 2d 650, 651 (Fla. 5th

    DCA 1997); Destiny Constr. Co. v. Martin K. Eby Constr., 662 So.

    2d 388, 390 (Fla. 5th

    DCA 1995).

    RECORD ABSENCE OFNOTEAND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

    53. Here, no genuine properly executed note identifying BankUnited had existed. Copies of a

    null and void note/mortgage and/or hearsay were not admissible under the Code of Evidence.

    Here, there were no witnesses and no notary had acknowledgedany authentic note/mortgage.

    NON-BINDINGMODIFICATION AGREEMENT

    54. BankUnited, FSB, and/or BankUnited knew and/or concealed that

    8. The Modification will be legally binding upon the parties, only when it is signed

    by Note Holder and each Borrower.

    Here, Walter Prescott did not sign the purported Loan Modification Agreement. See

    12/21/2010 Notice of Filing of Original Loan Modification Agreement in disposed

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    (08/12/2010) action. Because here the alleged 09/05/2007 Modification Agreement was

    notsigned by each Borrowerand/or Walter Prescott, it was not legally binding.

    FAILURE TOPROVE TERMS

    55. A person seeking enforcementof an instrument under UCC 3-309(a) mustprove the terms

    of the instrument and the persons right to enforce the instrument. See UCC 3-309(b). Here,

    plaintiffBankUnited failed toprove any terms.

    RECORD ABSENCE OFEXECUTION

    56. Here, the alleged February 2006 note, mortgage, and/or security instrumentdid not identify

    BankUnited and could not have possibly encumberedFranklin-Prescotts real property,

    because they were notproperly executed.

    NOPROOFON FILE IN DISPOSED ACTION

    57. Here, Franklin-Prescott had denied the authenticity ofsignatures on the purported noteand/ormortgage alluded to in this disposed case and demanded strictproofthereof, by clear

    and convincing evidence, pursuant to 673.3081, Fla. Stat. (2008). See Adjustable Rate

    Note, page 4 of 4, in 12/01/2010 and/or 11/01/2010 Notice of Filing of Original Note &

    Original Mortgage.

    58. Here in particular, there were, e.g., no notarial acknowledgment and no signature by

    purported borrower Walter Prescott.

    59. The complaint and above Notice(s) of Filing established the purported note as null and

    void. Furthermore, the non-genuine copies (prima facie hearsay) in the complaint and

    Notices of Filing fatally conflicted.

    PARTIES TO ALLEGED NOTE WERE CONFLICTING AND AMBIGUOUS

    60. In this disposed action, the purported plaintiff did not assertany valid note and mortgage

    assignment status in the complaint. BankUnited was neveridentified. A security could not

    possibly follow a non-existent note.

    61. Here, there was no assignee of any note. Here, no promissory note and no note assignment

    were recorded. See Collier County Public Records. However, assignments must be recorded

    to be valid against creditors and subsequent purchasers. 701.02, Fla. Stat. (2010). See also,

    Glynn v. First Union Natl. Bank, 912 So. 2d 357, 358 (Fla. 4th

    DCA 2005).

    62. In this disposed action, the namedpartiesplaintiffs, and/orborrowers were conflicting and

    ambiguous. See Docket:

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    STYLE OF DISPOSED CASE DID NOTIDENTIFYBANKUNITED, FSB AS PLAINTIFF

    63. Here, the style and/or title of the disposed case did not identify BankUnited, FSB as any

    plaintiff. Here purportedly, the chain of title included bankrupt BankUnited, FSB,

    FDIC[lawful seizure ofbankrupt bank], and BankUnited.

    NO TRANSFER OF ALLEGEDINSTRUMENT

    64. An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by a person other than its issuer for the

    purpose of giving to the person receiving delivery the right to enforce the instrument. See

    UCC 3-203(a). If a transferor purports to transfer less than the entire instrument,

    negotiation of the instrument does not occur. The transferee obtains no rights under this

    Article and has only the rights of a partial assignee. See UCC 3-203(d). Here, the destroyed

    and/or lost instrument could not have possibly been delivered and/or transferred, and the

    case was disposed on 08/12/2010.

    08/12/2010 DISPOSITION & UNVERIFIED 07/09/09 COMPLAINT OF LOST NOTE

    65. In this disposed action, BankUnited had filed an unverified mortgage foreclosure complaint

    naming Jennifer Franklin-Prescott as a defendant. Said 07/09/2009 complaint included

    COUNT I for reestablishment of a lost note, COUNT II (on promissory note), and COUNT

    III (on mortgage foreclosure).

    UNKNOWN LOSS / DESTRUCTION OF PURPORTEDPROMISSORY NOTE

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    66. On behalf of BankUnited, bankrupt BankUnited, FSBs founder Alfred Camner, Esq., had

    asserted in the complaint:

    6. Said promissory note and mortgage have been lost ordestroyed and are not in the

    custody or control of BankUnited, and the time and manner of the loss or destruction

    is unknown.Here, no copy of anygenuine promissory note identifying BankUnited was attached to the

    complaint.

    COPY OFMORTGAGEIDENTIFIED BANKRUPT BankUnited, FSB AS LENDER

    67. BankUnited had attached a copy of the mortgage it sought to foreclose to the complaint;

    however, said document identified lawfully seized BankUnited, FSB as the "lender".

    BankUnited had also attached an "Adjustable Rate Rider" to the complaint, which however

    also identified bankrupt BankUnited, FSB as the "lender."

    RECORD PROOF OF LACK OFSTANDING

    68. Prior to the 08/12/2010 disposition, Jennifer Franklin-Prescott had proven BankUniteds

    lackofstanding, answered, and filed a motion to dismiss.

    BANKUNITEDS FAILURE TOSTATE ANY CAUSE OF ACTION

    69. This action was disposed, because BankUnited had failed tostate any cause action.

    ATTACHMENTS PROVED BANKUNITEDS LACK OFSTANDING & CAUSE

    70. On 08/12/2010, the action was disposed, because Franklin-Prescott had proven that none of

    the attachments to the facially frivolous and insufficient complaint showed thatBankUnited

    actually held the note or mortgage, thus giving rise to the disposition and question as to

    whetherBankUnitedactually ever hadstandingto foreclose on the mortgage.

    BANKUNITEDS FALSE PRETENSES & FRAUD ON THE COURT

    71. In this disposed action, BankUnited had falsely pretended:

    16. Plaintiff owns and holds the note and mortgage. See COUNT II.

    While here BankUnited had fraudulently alleged in its unverified complaint that it was the

    holderand/orownerofthe purported note and mortgage, the copy of the mortgage attached

    to the complaint listed " BankUnited, FSB" as the "lender". No authentic note identifying

    BankUnited was attached.

    BANKUNITEDS EXHIBITS CONTRADICTED ITS ALLEGATIONS

    72. When exhibits are attached to a complaint, the contents of the exhibits control over the

    allegations of the complaint. See, e.g., Hunt Ridge at Tall Pines, Inc. v. Hall, 766 So. 2d 399,

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    401 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000) ("Where complaint allegations are contradicted by exhibits

    attached to the complaint, the plain meaning of the exhibits control[s] and may be the basis

    for a motion to dismiss."); see Blue Supply Corp. v. Novos Electro Mech., Inc., 990 So. 2d

    1157, 1159 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008); Harry Pepper & Assocs., Inc. v. Lasseter, 247 So. 2d 736,

    736-37 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971) (holding that when there is an inconsistency between the

    allegations of material fact in a complaint and attachments to the complaint, the differing

    allegations "have the effect of neutralizing each allegation as against the other, thus

    rendering the pleading objectionable").

    08/12/2010 DISPOSITION FOR LACK OFSTANDING& FAILURE TOSTATE

    CAUSE

    73. Because the exhibits to BankUnited's complaint conflicted with its allegations

    concerningstandingand the exhibits did not show that BankUnited had anystandingto

    foreclose the mortgage, BankUnited did not establish its entitlement to foreclose the

    mortgage and/or sue as a matter of law. Accordingly, the action was disposed on 08/12/2010.

    BANKUNITED WAS NEVERIDENTIFIED AND HAD NORIGHTS TO ENFORCE

    74. Moreover, while BankUnited filed the purportedly lost original note after the 08/12/2010

    disposition, the non-authentic and non-executed note did not identify BankUnited as the

    lender orholder. BankUnited also did not attach any assignment or any otherevidence to

    establish that it hadpurchased the note and mortgage. Further, BankUnited did not file any

    supporting affidavits or deposition testimony to establish that it owns and holds the purported

    note and mortgage. Accordingly, this Court disposed the action on 08/12/2010, because the

    documents before it did not and could not possibly establish BankUnited'sstandingto

    foreclose the purported note and mortgage.

    BANKUINTED WAS NO HOLDER & HAD NORIGHTSTO ENFORCENOTE

    75. A holder is defined as the person in possession if the instrument is payable to bearer or, in

    the case of an instrument payable to an identified person, if the identified person is in

    possession. Mere ownership or possession of a note is insufficient to qualify an individual

    as a holder. See also Adams v. Madison Realty & Dev. Inc., 853 F.2d 163, 166 (3d Cir.

    1988). Attainment of the status of holder depends on the negotiation of the instrument to

    the transferee. The two elements required fornegotiation, both of which were missing here,

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    were the transferof possession of the alleged instrument to BankUnited (non- transferee),

    and its indorsementby the holder.

    BINDING PRECEDENT BAC FUNDING CONSORTIUM, INC

    76. The Second District confronted a similar situation in BAC Funding Consortium, Inc.

    ISAOA/ATIMA v. Jean-Jacques, 28 So. 3d 936 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010), when the trial court had

    granted the alleged assignee U.S. Bank's motion for summary judgment. That court reversed

    because, inter alia, "[t]he incomplete, unsigned, and unauthenticated assignment attached as

    an exhibit to U.S. Bank's response to BAC's motion to dismiss did not constitute admissible

    evidence establishing U.S. Bank'sstandingto foreclose the note and mortgage." Id. at 939.

    Said Appellate Court in BAC Funding Consortium, properly noted that U.S. Bank was

    "required to prove that it validly held the note and mortgage it sought to foreclose ." Id.

    RECORD LACK OF ANYADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE:BANKUNITED WAS NOT ANY OWNER AND HAD NORIGHT TO SUE

    PRESCOTT

    77. In the instant case, the purported note was, e.g., not properly executed, not assigned, the

    falsely pretended assignmentnot recorded, and the endorsement in blank was unsigned and

    unauthenticated, creating genuine issues of material fact as to whether BankUnited was

    ever the lawful owner and holder of the purported note and/or mortgage. As

    in BAC Funding Consortium, here there were no supporting affidavits or deposition

    testimony in the record to establish that BankUnited validlyownedand heldthe improperly

    executed note and mortgage, no evidence of an assignment to BankUnited, no proof of

    purchase of the debt nor any other evidence of an effective transfer to BankUnited.

    AUTOMATICALLY DISSOLVED LIS PENDENS

    78. Here, the improper and unauthorized lis pendens was automatically dissolved upon the

    disposition of foreclosure. See Rule 1.420(f), Fla. R. Civ. P. (2010). The validity of a notice

    oflis pendens is one year from filing. 48.23(2), Fla. Stat. (2010).

    79. In this disposed action, the purported plaintiff sought to re-establish the missingnote in

    COUNT I (Reestablishment of Lost Instruments) of the complaint (see p. 2 of 8). Franklin-

    Prescott had filed her answer(s) and motions to dismiss and proven plaintiffs lack of

    standing, which was one of the ultimate affirmative defenses. Here, the record reflected

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    thatplaintiffcould notpossiblyre-establish the note and that no authentic note couldpossibly

    beproven under the Evidence Code.

    FRAUD ON THE COURT & RECORD EVDENCE THEREOF

    80. Here however, plaintiff(s), BankUnited and BankUnited, FSB, fraudulently asserted:

    that all conditions to the institutions of this action have occurred, been performed or

    excused

    81. Prior to the 08/12/2010 disposition, plaintiff had failed to re-establish and could not have

    possiblyre-established the destroyed and/orlostnote/mortgage. Here, the time and manner

    of the loss/destruction had been uinknown. See UCC 3-309; 3-305.

    02/15/11 DOCKET SHOWED FRAUD EVIDENCE &DEMAND IN DISPOSED ACTION

    PREVIOUS NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY IN DISPOSED ACTION

    82. Prescott who is in the Pacific had given her notice of unavailability. In this disposed action,

    Prescott could not possibly be expected to appear under said entirely unreasonable

    circumstances on such unintelligent, irrelevant, unauthorized, and short notice.

    UNAUTHORIZED ATTORNEYS

    83. Rose, Erin M. was the only attorney authorized in this disposed action.

    Here unlawfully, various unknown attorneys appeared without any authority and falsely

    pretended a hearing.

    RECORD FRAUD ON THE COURT

    84. This court knows about the fraud on the Court perpetrated by BankUnited & Albertelli Law:

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    In this disposed action, any hearingand/or motion for summary disposition were unauthorized

    and improper.

    BANKUNITED HAD NO VALIDSECURITY INTEREST

    85. In Florida, a security interest in a mortgage and/or the assignment of a mortgage must be

    recorded in order to perfect the security interest in the mortgage. Here, no valid BankUnited

    security interestexisted.

    DEMAND OFLIS PENDENSBOND

    86. Florida Statutes, section 48.23, governs the use of a lis pendens, and treats a lis pendens as

    one of two types. Here, the purported invalid lis pendens was not founded on a duly recorded

    instrument. Here, the purported promissory note was destroyed, lost, and/or transferred.

    See Complaint. Furthermore here, there was the lawful seizure of bankrupt BankUnited

    and/or an alleged transfer/sale. Here, the missing note/mortgage could not have possibly

    been reestablishedand/orenforced. 48.23(3), Fla. Stat. (1993) authorizes the trial court to

    "control and discharge the notice of lis pendens as the court may grant and dissolve

    injunctions." Here, Prescott appears to be entitled to a lis pendens bond.

    87. Here, Prescott showed that the bond is necessary to protect her from irreparable harm after

    the disposition. Here, the lis pendens was not based on a recorded genuine instrument. See

    Feinstein v. Dolene, Inc., 455 So.2d 1126, 1128 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).

    88. Here, the note was missing and the lis pendens was unjustified. See Florida Communities

    Hutchinson Island v. Arabia, 452 So.2d 1131, 1132 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). Here, the null and

    void lis pendens placed a cloud on the title that did not exist. See Andre Pirio Assocs. v.

    Parkmount Properties, Inc., N.V., 453 So.2d 1184, 1186 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984).

    89. In this disposed action, the bond is simply mandatory. See Porter Homes, Inc. v. Soda, 540

    So.2d 195, 196 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989)(where a lis pendens is not founded upon a lawsuit

    involving a recorded instrument, section 48.23(3) "requires the posting of a bond."). See

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    Machado v. Foreign Trade, Inc., 537 So.2d 607, 607 n.1 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Munilla v.

    Espinosa, 533 So.2d 895 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).

    CONTESTEDSIGNATUREON PURPORTEDNOTE

    90. Here, the signature on the purported note was contested and not authentic. There was no

    notarialacknowledgment. See evidence on file.

    ALL PLEADINGS WERE SIGNED

    91. Here, all of Franklin-Prescotts pleadings were signed (/s/ Jennifer Franklin-Prescott).

    NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL FROMHEARINGIN DISPOSED

    ACTION

    92. Here, more than one hearingappeared on the Docket after said 08/12/2010 disposition and

    Franklin-Prescott appeals from the unauthorized scheduling of hearings in this disposed

    action.

    AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES PRIOR TO DISPOSITION

    FIRST AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE: FAILURE TO PRODUCE ORIGINAL NOTE

    93. A person seeking enforcement of a lost, destroyed or stolen instrument must first prove

    entitlementto enforce the instrument WHEN the loss of possession occurred, or has directly

    or indirectly acquired ownership of the instrument from a person who was entitled to enforce

    the instrument when loss of possession occurred. Further, he must prove the loss of

    possession was not the result of a transfer by the person or a lawful seizure; and the person

    cannot reasonably obtain possession of the instrument because the instrument was destroyed,

    its whereabouts cannot be determined, or it is in the wrongful possession of an unknown

    person or a person that cannot be found or is not amenable to service of process. 673.3091

    Fla. Stat. (2009).

    94. Here, Franklin-Prescott had denied the purported plaintiff has ever had possession of the

    alleged note and/ormortgage. Plaintiffcould not establish foundation to show possession of

    the note WHEN the loss of possession occurred. Plaintiff could not establish that plaintiff

    lost possession of the note after it was transferred to the Plaintiff and that it could not

    reasonably obtain possession thereof. Absent such proof in this disposed action, plaintiff

    had been required by Florida Law to provide the original note and mortgage. Having failed

    to provide the original note and mortgage at the time of filing, Plaintiff could notsue and/or

    maintain this disposed action.

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    95. Here, the Plaintiff could not prove the terms of the instrument and theplaintiff banks right to

    enforce the alleged instrument. The court may not enter judgment in favor of the person

    seeking enforcement unless it finds that the person required to pay the instrument is

    adequately protected against loss that might occur by reason of a claim by another person to

    enforce the instrument. Fla. Stat. 673.3091(2). In this disposed action, Franklin-Prescott

    specifically had been denying all necessary terms of the note are provided in the attached

    mortgage/note. Clearly, since the note is missing, necessary endorsements on the note are

    missing; as such, essential terms and conditions precedent were not provided by theplaintiff.

    UNCLEAN HANDS DEFENSE

    96. Prescott had asserted and proven (another affirmative defense) that the plaintiff(s) had failed

    to follow Florida law of negotiable instruments and including, e.g., obtaining necessary

    signatures, acknowledgments, recordations, assignments, and/or endorsements on the

    purported non-authentic promissory note and mortgage deceptively submitted to this Court

    as alleged debtevidence. As such, theplaintiffcame to this court with unclean hands.

    WHEREFORE Jennifer Franklin-Prescott respectfully demands

    1. Proper processing of this NOTICE OF APPEAL and/or INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL;

    2. An Ordertaking judicial notice of said binding precedent (BAC Funding) in support of the

    record 08/12/2010 disposition;

    3. An Orderdetermining that the invalid lis pendens was not founded upon a duly recorded

    authentic instrument therefore requiring a bond to prevent further irreparable harm following

    the 08/12/2010 disposition;

    4. An Orderdeclaring the purported plaintiff in this disposed action without any authority to

    sue,foreclose, and/ordemandanypaymentfrom Jennifer Franklin Prescott;

    5. An Orderdeclaring any hearingunauthorized in this disposed action;

    6. An Order declaring the prima facie sham motion and affidavits unlawful in this

    previously disputed and disposed action;

    7. An Orderdeclaring the purported note and/ormortgage unenforceable;

    8. An Ordertaking judicial notice of the prima facie unenforceability of the unrecorded, un-

    assignable, and unpaid mortgage (unpaid mortgage taxes);

    9. An Orderdeclaring the purported plaintiff to be in violation of Fed.R.Civ.P. 1.510 in this

    disposed and previously controverted action;

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    10. An Orderdeclaring the purported 2009 lis pendens invalid on its face and taking judicial

    notice of the nullity of the lis pendens and unenforceable mortgage and/ornote;

    11. An Orderdeclaring said affidavits hearsay and lacking any legal and/or factual basis in

    the absence of any authentic note and/ormortgage;

    12. An Ordertaking judicial notice of the lack of anygenuine note, plaintiffs proven fraud

    on the Court, opposition, opposition evidence, and case law as to this disposed case;

    13. An Orderprohibiting Counsel and/or Jason M. Tharokh, Esq., who did not file any notice

    from appearingin this disposed action.

    Respectfully,

    /s/Jennifer Franklin-Prescott, BankUnited foreclosure fraud victim

    ATTACHMENTS 02/18/2011 Docket, et al.

    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

    I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this NOTICE OF APPEAL has been delivered to

    BankUnited, Albertelli Law, P.O. Box 23028, Tampa, FL 33623, USA, the Clerk of Court,

    Hon. Hugh D. Hayes, and Hon. Daniel R. Monaco, Courthouse, Naples, FL 34112, USA, on

    February 18, 2011, Pacific Time.

    Respectfully,

    /s/Jennifer Franklin Prescott, fraud victim

    CC: Hon. Hugh D. Hayes (Disposition Judge),Albertelli Law, Hon. Daniel R. Monaco, Karen,United States District Court, Clerk of Court,

    The Florida Bar, New York Times, et al.

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    Uniform Case Number: 112009CA0060160001XX Filed: 07/09/2009

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    Case Type: MORTGAGE FOR ECLOSURES Disposed: 08/12/2010

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    With judges looking ever more critically at hom e foreclosures, they

    are reaching beyond the bankers to heap some of their most

    scorching criticism on the law yers.

    In numerous opinions, judges have

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    fixing the mortgage mess by leaning on the lawyers. In

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    contained numerous falsities. The judge, Scott Fairgrieve

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    false statements reflects poorly on the profession as a

    whole.

    More broadly, the courts in New York State, along with

    Florida, have begun requiring that law yers in foreclosure

    cases vouch for the accuracy of the documents they

    present, which prompted a protest from the New York bar.

    The requirement, which is being considered by courts in

    other states, could open lawyers to disciplinary actions that could harm or even end

    careers.

    Stephen Gillers, an expert in legal ethics at New York University, agreed with Judge

    Fairgrieve that the involvement of lawyers in questionable transactions could damage the

    overall reputation of the legal profession, which does not fare well in public opinion

    throughout history.

    When the consequence of a lawyer plying his trade is the loss of someones home, and it

    turns out there are documents being given to the courts that have no basis in reality, the

    profession gets a very big black eye, Professor Gillers said.

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    Anne Reynolds Copps, the chairwoman of the real property law section of the New York

    State bar, said, We had a lot of concerns, because it seemed to paint attorneys as being

    the problem. Lawyers feared they would be responsible for a banks mistakes. They are

    relying on a client, or the clients employees, to provide the information on which they are

    basing the documents, she said.

    The role of lawyers is under scrutiny in the 23 states where foreclosures must be reviewed

    by a court. The situation has become especially heated for high-volume firms whose

    practices mirror the so-called robo-signing of some financial institutions; in these cases,

    documents were signed without sufficient examination or proper notarization.

    In the most publicized example, David J. Stern, a lawyer whose Florida firm has been part

    of an estimated 20 percent of the foreclosure actions in the state, has been accused of filing

    sloppy and even fraudulent mortgage paperwork. Major institutions have dropped the

    firm, which has been the subject of several lawsuits, and 1,200 of the 1,400 people once at

    the firm are out of work.

    The Florida attorney generals office is conducting a civil investigation of Mr. Sterns firm

    and two others.

    Theres been no determination in a court that Mr. Stern or his employees did wrong

    things, said Jeffrey Tew, Mr. Sterns lawyer, adding that the impact was nevertheless

    devastating.

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    foreclosure lawyers are on the list.

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    State, and in particular on the practice of Mr. Baum, a lawyer in Amherst, outside Buffalo.

    Judges have cited his firm for what they call slipshod work that, in some cases, was

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    held by the HTFC Corporation, but the foreclosure notice came fromWells Fargo, a bankthat the Engs had no relationship with. They hired an experienced foreclosure defense

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    want to call it luck, you can call it luck. We just followed the system,

    and thank God the system worked.

    Through a spokesman, Mr. Baumsaid, The foreclosure process in New

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    believe this review respects the due

    process of anyone who challenges a

    foreclosure. Consumer activists and

    attorneys representing homeowners have their own agenda

    in this process, including degrading the legal work we

    conduct on behalf of our clients by using terms like

    foreclosure mill, which I find personally and professionally insulting.

    He added, What is important now is that all parties attempt to work together to resolve

    issues amicably. The barrage of accusations and litigation does little to help the underlying

    problems.

    Cases across the nation like Mr. Engs have led New Yorks judicial system to take a hard

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    sound, said the states chief judge, Jonathan Lippman. Knowing what we know, our only

    option at least from my perspective is to turn to the lawyers who are officers of the

    court and say, Youd better go to your clients and find out if these cases are real, he said.

    The court devised a two-page affirmation to be signed by lawyers in foreclosure actions

    saying they had reviewed the documents and had confirmed the factual accuracy of any

    allegations with the clients.

    Ann Pfau, deputy chief administrative judge for New York State, who has worked directly

    with the state bar to carry out the plan, said, We need to know that this is a court process

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    first place.

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    are vouching for their filing, Judge Pfau said. They are absolutely still on the hook.

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