In a rare move U.S. District Court Judge Michael Davis appointed former federal judge James Rosenbaum to investigate the actions of Minneapolis lawyer William Butler. Butler has been hit with more than $300,000 in sanctions.
At the same time an investigation by the Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility is underway in to his conduct.
Davis asked Rosenbaum to: “to investigate [Butler’s] fitness to appear before this court, and to make a recommendation regarding appropriate disciplinary actions or sanctions.”
Butler does foreclosure law and he has caught the attention of several federal judges. Minnesota Lawyer has noted his problems with the bench before. He defends people whose homes have been foreclosed upon, but does so using an argument that has routinely been dismissed.
Butler argues that mortgage companies do not have clear title to the original notes, making foreclosures illegal.
Several judges have rejected this argument and have fined Butler for what U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery called:
“Butler’s insistence on re-litigating losing arguments is staggering, and it comes with a cost, because it multiplies the expense of litigation and monopolizes scarce judicial resources,” she wrote. “Moreover, no one, not even Butler, can reasonably or competently believe in the merits of any of these arguments.”
The Star Tribune filed this report today.
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