US Bank N.A. v Ezugwu
2015 NY Slip Op 04417 [128 AD3d 592]
May 26, 2015
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, July 1, 2015


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 US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CASB Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-4, Appellant,
v
Anthony Ezugwu, Respondent, et al., Defendants.

Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York (Chava Brandriss of counsel), for appellant.

Petroff Law Firm, P.C., Brooklyn (Serge F. Petroff of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert E. Torres, J.), entered June 11, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from, denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment against defendant Anthony Ezugwu, without prejudice to renewal upon proper papers, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff failed to establish prima facie that it received defendant's mortgage and note by "a proper assignment" (see Midfirst Bank v Agho, 121 AD3d 343, 347-348 [2d Dept 2014]). The Pooling and Servicing Agreement (PSA) provides: "The [nonparty] Depositor hereby sells, transfers, assigns, delivers, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee [plaintiff] in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders [sic] and the Certificate Insurer, without recourse, the Depositor's right, title and interest in and to [inter alia] the Mortgage Loans listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule." However, plaintiff submitted neither the referenced loan schedule nor any other evidence to demonstrate that the subject mortgage and note were included in the assignment.

The affidavit by plaintiff's officer, which states that she personally "reviewed the books and records created, maintained and utilized by Wells Fargo in the ordinary course of its business as Master Servicer and Custodian for the Trust," does not avail plaintiff, since the affidavit refers to the PSA only. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Acosta, Renwick, Manzanet-Daniels and Feinman, JJ.