26-04037H

NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO. 26-CA-007797
DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE,
Plaintiff, vs.
TEMIKA RODRIQUEZ; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF TEMIKA RODRIQUEZ; SERENITY C. RATCLIFF A/K/A SERENITY RATCLIFF; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SERENITY C. RATCLIFF
A/KA/ SERENITY RATCLIFF; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR OPEN MORTGAGE, LLC; SOMERSET MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC.; KINGS MILL TOWNHOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY,
Defendant(s)
To the following Defendant(s):
UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY
231 CASTLEKEEPER PLACE
VALRICO, FLORIDA 33594
who is evading service of process and the unknown defendants who may be spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees, and all parties claiming an interest by, through, under or against the defendant(s), who are not known to be dead or alive, and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the mortgage being foreclosed herein.
To the following Defendant(s):
TEMIKA RODRIQUEZ
(LAST KNOWN ADDRESS)
231 CASTLEKEEPER PLACE
VALRICO, FLORIDA 33594
UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF TEMIKA RODRIQUEZ
(LAST KNOWN ADDRESS)
231 CASTLEKEEPER PLACE
VALRICO, FLORIDA 33594
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Foreclosure of Mortgage on the following described property:
LOT 8, BLOCK 10 OF KINGS MILL, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 99, PAGE 195, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
a/k/a 231 CASTLEKEEPER PLACE, VALRICO, FLORIDA 33594
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it, on Kahane & Associates, P.A., Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is 1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220, Sunrise, Florida 33323 on or before November 23, 2026, a date which is within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice in the BUSINESS OBSERVER and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No. 2.065. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Hillsborough County Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs St., Room 604, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 272-7040, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court this October 17, 2026
VICTOR CRIST
As Clerk of the Court
(SEAL) By CATHERINE CASTILLO
As Deputy Clerk
CASE NUMBER: 26-CA-007797
Submitted by:
Kahane & Associates, P.A.
1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220
Sunrise, Florida 33323
Telephone: (954) 382-3486
Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380
Designated service email:
[email protected]
File No.: 25-01993 ESX
October 23, 30, 2026 26-04037H

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