Opinion
No. 2D15–1056.
06-24-2016
WHITBURN, LLC, Appellant, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Basheer Ally; Rooshnee Ally; and Rivercrest Community Association, Inc., Appellees.
Stuart Jay Levine and Heather A. DeGrave of Walters, Levine, Klingensmith & Thomison, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant. Sara F. Holladay–Tobias, Emily Rottmann, and Taylor L. Broadhead of McGuire Woods LLP, Jacksonville, for Appellee Wells Fargo Bank. No appearance for remaining Appellees.
Stuart Jay Levine and Heather A. DeGrave of Walters, Levine, Klingensmith & Thomison, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.
Sara F. Holladay–Tobias, Emily Rottmann, and Taylor L. Broadhead of McGuire Woods LLP, Jacksonville, for Appellee Wells Fargo Bank.
No appearance for remaining Appellees.
BY ORDER OF THE COURT.
Upon consideration of Appellant's motion for rehearing filed February 1, 2016,
IT IS ORDERED that Appellant's motion for rehearing is granted in part and denied in part. The opinion issued on January 15, 2016, is withdrawn, and the attached opinion is substituted therefor. No further motions for rehearing will be considered.
MORRIS, Judge.
We convert this proceeding to an appeal of a final order and affirm the order denying the objection to foreclosure sale filed by Whitburn, LLC, after the foreclosure sale occurred. Whitburn was not a party in the underlying foreclosure action and did not have a legally cognizable interest in the proceeding. Whitburn, LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 190 So.3d 1087 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). Furthermore, Whitburn was not a bidder in the foreclosure sale. See U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Rios, 166 So.3d 202, 210 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015) (“The purpose of allowing an objection to a foreclosure sale is to afford a mechanism to assure all parties and bidders to the sale that there is no irregularity at the auction or any collusive bidding, etc.” (emphasis added) (quoting In re Catalano, 510 B.R. 654, 659 (Bankr.M.D.Fla.2014) )); see also REO Props. Corp. v. Binder, 946 So.2d 572, 574 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (recognizing that even a bidder has limited standing to challenge a foreclosure sale). Accordingly, Whitburn, LLC, had no standing to file a postsale objection to the foreclosure sale.
Affirmed.
SILBERMAN and BLACK, JJ., Concur.