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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, IN AND FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-R7, Plaintiff, vs. Case No.: 2008-CA-002779 Division: FC-G LASANDRA D. THOMPSON, et. al. Defendants. _____________________________________/ DEFENDANT'S FIRST REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS COMES NOW, Defendant, LASANDRA D. THOMPSON, by and through undersigned counsel and pursuant to Fla.R.Civ. P. 1.370, serves this Request for Admissions on DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004- R. INSTRUCTIONS i) These requests for admissions are directed towards all information known or available to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, IN AND FOR THE

FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO.,

AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED

HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE

SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH

CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-R7,

Plaintiff,

vs. Case No.: 2008-CA-002779

Division: FC-G

LASANDRA D. THOMPSON, et. al.

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

DEFENDANT'S FIRST REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS

COMES NOW, Defendant, LASANDRA D. THOMPSON, by and through undersigned counsel and pursuant to Fla.R.Civ. P. 1.370, serves this Request for Admissions on DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-R.

INSTRUCTIONS

i) These requests for admissions are directed towards all information known or available to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-R. – not its lawyer(s), AKERMAN SENTERFITT. – including information contained in the records and documents in DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-R’s custody or control or available to you upon reasonable inquiry. Where requests for admissions cannot be answered in full, they shall be answered as completely as possible and incomplete answers shall be accompanied by a specification of the reasons for the incompleteness of the answer and of whatever

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actual knowledge is possessed with respect to each unanswered or incompletely answered request for admission.

ii) Each request for admission is to be deemed a continuing one. If, after serving an answer to

any request for an admission, you obtain or become aware of any further information pertaining to that

request for admission, you are requested to serve a supplemental answer setting forth such information.

iii) As to every request for an admission which an authorized officer of DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-R fails to answer in whole or in part, the subject matter of that admission will be deemed admitted and stipulated as fact.

iv) Defendant hereby demands that the Plaintiff, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, admit or specifically deny for the purposes of the above-captioned matter and subject to all pertinent objections as to admissibility which may be interposed during further proceedings, the truth of the following facts. In the event that any request is denied in whole or in part, you should set forth the reasons for such denial and identify the persons having knowledge thereof and the documents relating thereto.

DEFINITIONSA. “You” means the Plaintiff, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-R.

B. “Defendant” means LASANDRA D. THOMPSON.

C. “You” or “Your” means Plaintiff, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-R, its agents, employees, attorneys, servants, predecessors and/or successors in interest and all others acting on its behalf.

D. "Original Mortgage Note" means the promissory note in the amount of $63,854.00, dated April 27, 2004, and signed by Defendant, LASANDRA D. THOMPSON.

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REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS1. Referring to the original mortgage note which is the subject of this foreclosure

action, the full name of the original Lender listed on the said note in the amount of $63,854.00, dated April 27, 2004, and signed by Defendant, LASANDRA D. THOMPSON is AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY.

RESPONSE:2. Plaintiff is not the lender named in the original mortgage note which is the subject of this case.

RESPONSE:

3. Plaintiff is not the holder of the original mortgage note.

RESPONSE:

4. Plaintiff is not the owner of the original mortgage note.

RESPONSE:

5. The original lender has not transferred possession of the original mortgage note or any rights thereunder to Plaintiff.

RESPONSE:

6. Plaintiff is not in possession of the original mortgage note.

RESPONSE:

7. The original mortgage note has not been lost or destroyed.

RESPONSE:

8. The original mortgage note in this case is part of a securitized trust composed of more than one mortgage loan.

RESPONSE:

9. The securitized trust was created by a Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

RESPONSE:

10. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement includes mandatory rules as to the time for the transfer of all original mortgage notes and security instruments (mortgages and deeds of trust) to the Master Document Custodian for the Trust.

RESPONSE:

11. The original mortgage note was in fact transferred and delivered to the Master Document Custodian for the Trust.

RESPONSE:

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12. The original mortgage note was received by the Master Document Custodian for the Trust prior to the final date for the delivery of the same as set forth in the conveyancing rules of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

RESPONSE:

13. The Master Document Custodian filed a written report with the Trustee for the

securitized trust in which it attested to the actual possession and custody of the original mortgage note in this case.

RESPONSE:

14. If the original mortgage note in this case included an allonge, then the saidallonge was permanently affixed to the said note.

RESPONSE:

15. An allonge cannot be permanently affixed to a mortgage note by way of a paper clip, staple or scotch tape.

RESPONSE:

16. An allonge was affixed to the original mortgage note in this case because there was insufficient room at the bottom or foot of the original mortgage note for any endorsements.

RESPONSE:

17. The named Depositor for the securitized trust in this case actually transferred the original mortgage note to the Master Document Custodian for the trust.

RESPONSE:

18. The Sponsor for the securitized trust in this case actually transferred the original mortgage note to the Depositor for the trust.

RESPONSE:

19. The Originator for the mortgage loan in this case transferred the original mortgage note to the Sponsor for the securitized trust.

RESPONSE:

20. The Master Document Custodian for the securitized trust in this case verified in writing to the Trustee for the trust that it had confirmed an unbroken chain of transfers and deliveries of the original mortgage note from the Originator to the Sponsor, from the Sponsor to the Depositor, from the Depositor to the Trustee for the trust, and from the Trustee to the Master Document Custodian for the trust.

RESPONSE:

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21. The Trustee for the securitized trust in this case is the lawful owner and possessor of the original mortgage note.

RESPONSE:

22. No party, other than the Trustee for the securitized trust in this case, has any legal claims or rights in the original mortgage note.

RESPONSE:

23. Any and all documents that purport to transfer the original mortgage note from the Originator to you would not be consistent with the mandatory conveyancing rules in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the trust that actually owns the original mortgage note.

RESPONSE:

24. The securitized trust that owns the original mortgage note in this case issuedbonds to various parties who thereby acquired an ownership interest in the corpus of the trust.

RESPONSE:

25. The corpus of the trust consisted and does consist of original mortgage notes such as the note in this case.

RESPONSE:

26. The bonds issued by the trust were rated by Fitch, Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s.

RESPONSE:

27. The investment-grade bonds issued by the trust could not have been sold without such ratings by Fitch, Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s.

RESPONSE:

28. In rating the bonds, Fitch, Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s represented andconfirmed to the potential bond buyers that the Master Document Custodian actually had physical possession of all original mortgage notes to be delivered to the trust, including the note in this case.

RESPONSE:

29. The Prospectus for the trust in this case represents that each transfer and delivery of the original mortgage notes from the originator to the sponsor, from the sponsor to the depositor and from the depositor to the Master Document Custodian for the trust was a true and arms-length sale.

RESPONSE:

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30. The Prospectus for the trust in this case represents that the trust is the lawfulowner and possessor of all original mortgage notes included in the trust, including the original mortgage loan in this case.

RESPONSE:

Respectfully Submitted,

By: ______________________________

Marcy E. Abitz, Esq.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was forwarded via facsimile and U.S. Mail, on this ___ day of April, 2012, to: David Applegate, Esq., Akerman Senterfitt, 50 North Laura Street, Suite 3100, Jacksonville, Florida, FL 32202 (904-798-3730) and William Heller, Esq., Akerman Senterfitt, Las Olas Centre II, 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Ste. 1600, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 (954-463-2224).

Marcy E. Abitz, P.A.Attorneys for Defendant2455 Hollywood BlvdHollywood, FL 33020Telephone: (954) 453-1148Facsimile: (305) 397-1456

By: ______________________________ Marcy E. Abitz, Esq.

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