In the United States Court of Appeals FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

AUGUST TERM 2023 No. 23-659

EAST FORK FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee,

NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Intervenor,

v. U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AR6, Defendant-Appellant.

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

ARGUED: FEBRUARY 29, 2024 DECIDED: OCTOBER 1, 2024 Before: LOHIER and MENASHI, Circuit Judges, and LIMAN, Judge. *

In 2020, Plaintiff-Appellee East Fork Funding LLC filed this quiet title action against Defendant-Appellant U.S. Bank, N.A., on a mortgage recorded against East Fork’s property. The mortgage had already been subject to three foreclosure actions, two of which had be