In June of 2008 I took a trip to the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. For those of you not in the know this is the court where USA and Curry v Fairbanks took place. It is clear from the case files that many people were opposed to the settlement and that many people were confused when it came to how to opt in and/or out of it. I lost count of how many opt out letters were sent to the court instead of Gilardi where they were supposed to go. I did try to get an answer as to what happened with those opt-out requests that were incorrectly sent to the courthouse but was unable to get an answer as the clerk that would have handled them no longer works for Judge Woodlock.

Here is a sampling of the documents I found in the file. Contact and/or identifying information has been redacted to protect the privacy of the indivudual(s) and that is the only information that has been redacted. You can view the documents in their original form by visiting the John Joesph Moakley Courthouse. Some of the documents are complaints that were sent to the Court as late as 2006, others are objections to the settlement. Click on thumbnails for larger image (each will open in its own window).

One of the more interesting documents is this affidavit from Brent Rasmussen dated May 11, 2004. At the time the affidavit was issued Mr. Rasmussen was a Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Paragraph 4, page 2 is a real "HOOT"

Each one of these documents pertains to a home and a family that Fairbanks/SPS damaged through their often unlawful and always improper manipulation of mortgage loans they serviced for other companies. This page is a work in progress ...