
← Swear on the Stand9 oct · 43 min
Ginnie Mae’s Extinguishment of Mortgage Tails
<p>This <strong>legal dispute</strong> centers on a federal appeal regarding <strong>mortgage-backed securities</strong> and the authority of <strong>Ginnie Mae</strong> to extinguish a bankrupt lender's mortgage interests. When a reverse mortgage issuer defaulted, Ginnie Mae assumed control of the underlying loans, which effectively wiped out a <strong>third-party lender's security interest</strong> in unsecuritized mortgage balances known as <strong>tails</strong>. The appellate court affirmed the <strong>district court's judgment</strong>, concluding that Ginnie Mae acted fully within its <strong>statutory and contractual authority</strong>. Furthermore, the court held that the third party's <strong>tort claim</strong> was barred by <strong>sovereign immunity</strong> and that its <strong>arbitrary-and-capricious claim</strong> under the Administrative Procedure Act was <strong>forfeited</strong> due to an intentional omission from the original complaint.</p>