No. 20-1651

Michael J. DeMartini, et ux. v. Timothy P. DeMartini, et ux.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure joinder remand remand-order removal statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether an antecedent court order amending a complaint to join a diversity-destroying defendant is separable from a § 1447(e) remand order and thus not barred from review by § 1447(d)?

(2) Whether § 1447(d) bars review of a § 1447(e) remand order based on an antecedent court order joining a party whose joinder does not destroy subject matter jurisdiction?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an antecedent court order amending a complaint to join a defendant is separable from a § 1447(e) remand order and thus not barred from review by § 1447(d)?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael J. DeMartini, et al.
Kathryn M. DavisLaw Office of Kathryn M. Davis, Petitioner