No. 23-930

Duringer Law Group PLC, et al. v. Janey Brown, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure collection-costs exxon-mobil-corp-v-saudi-basic-industries-corp fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment state-court-judgments subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May debtors let stand a state-court money judgment against them, waiving the right to dispute postjudgment collection costs, and then challenge those costs in federal court as violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars such suits as de facto appeals from state-court judgments?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. May debtors let stand a state-court money judgment against them, waiving the right to dispute postjudgment collection costs, and then challenge those costs in federal court as violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars such suits as de facto appeals from state-court judgments? 2. Should the Court clarify when the RookerFeldman doctrine denies federal courts subject matter jurisdiction to hear suits implicating state-court judgments after Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp., 544 U.S. 280 (2005)?

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-13
Waiver of right of respondent Janey Brown, et al. to respond filed.
2024-02-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 28, 2024)

Attorneys

Duringer Law Group, et al.
Dennis P. Derrick — Petitioner
Dennis P. Derrick — Petitioner
Janey Brown, et al.
Louis P. DellLaw Office of Louis P. Dell, Respondent
Louis P. DellLaw Office of Louis P. Dell, Respondent