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25-934 Gore and Associates Management Company, Inc. v. SLSCO Ltd., et al. First Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending 28-usc-1359 assignor-citizenship diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-procedure jurisdictional-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a federal court may dismiss a diversity action, years after filing, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction based solely on the plaintiff's in…
25-839 Nicholas Fugedi, in His Official Capacity as Trustee of Carb Pura Vida Trust v. Initram, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response Waived diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction fraudulent-joinder jurisdictional-standard misjoinder statutory-interpretation Whether the proper standard to be applied by a court determining if diversity jurisdiction has been improperly manufactured is the motive test or the …
25-740 Susan I. Heath, Proposed Representative of the Estate of Henry A. Hurst, III, Deceased v. EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. Second Circuit 2025-12-22 Pending Amici (1) diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine negligence public-health research-liability strict-liability Whether a federal court may determine negligence and strict liability claims in a diversity action involving novel claims of abnormally dangerous rese…
25-724 Unified Life Insurance Company v. United States Fire Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2025-12-19 Pending Response Waived diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-common-law insurance-law reinsurance state-law Whether a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction exceeds its authority under Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins by creating a new state law duty for ins…
25-556 William Loginov v. Sheridan Memorial Hospital, aka Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-11-06 Denied article-iii diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts rules-of-decision-act state-law-interpretation Whether Article III, the Rules of Decision Act, and the Erie doctrine mandate that federal courts sitting in diversity must certify novel state law qu…
25-310 J.A. Masters Investments, et al. v. Eduardo Beltramini Fifth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied diversity-jurisdiction due-process erie-doctrine force-majeure impossibility-defense jury-instructions Whether a federal court sitting in diversity may deny a party the right to present the equitable defense of impossibility to the jury despite uncontro…
25-5666 William P. DeBoskey v. Goshen Mortgage, as Separate Trustee for GDBT 1 Trust 2011-1, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts jurisdictional-discovery llc-status removal Whether a federal court may remand a case for lack of diversity jurisdiction based on speculation about an LLC's citizenship without allowing jurisdic…
25-245 Fire-Dex, LLC v. Admiral Insurance Company Sixth Circuit 2025-09-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention-doctrine coercive-relief declaratory-judgment diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts state-law When a complaint joins claims for declaratory relief on a novel state-law issue with claims for damages, does a district court retain its discretion t…
25-83 Adrian Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-22 Granted Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitration-award diversity-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act federal-question jurisdiction post-arbitration-application Whether a federal court that initially exercises jurisdiction and stays a case pending arbitration maintains jurisdiction over a post-arbitration Sect…
25-4 Preston L. Marshall, Individually and as Co-Trustee of the Peroxisome Trust v. Stephen D. Cook, as Co-Trustee of The Marshall Heritage Foundation and Marshall Legacy Foundation Fifth Circuit 2025-07-01 Denied citizenship-requirement diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts real-party-controversy subject-matter-jurisdiction trustees Whether diversity jurisdiction may be created by having one diverse co-trustee bring the lawsuit strategically excluding all nondiverse co-trustees, o…
24-1294 Alan Grayson v. No Labels, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) attorney-fees diversity-jurisdiction federal-rule offer-of-judgment procedural-rule state-law In a diversity jurisdiction case, did the lower court err in awarding attorney's fees under a state procedural rule that conflicts with the federal of…
24-6986 Michele Blakely v. CarMax Auto Superstores, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-04-14 Denied IFP citizenship-determination diversity-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act jurisdictional-amount removal-action subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal district courts have subject matter jurisdiction in removal actions involving multiple defendants and arbitration awards when citizens…
24-876 NVWS Properties, LLC v. Casun Invest, A.G., a Swiss Corporation Ninth Circuit 2025-02-14 Denied choice-of-law conflict-of-laws diversity-jurisdiction forum-state restatement-of-conflict-of-laws statute-of-limitations Whether a federal district court sitting in diversity jurisdiction should apply the statute of limitations based on the jurisdiction where all parties…
24-849 Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived admiralty-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction federal-court maritime-law subject-matter-jurisdiction wrongful-death Whether a federal court can have exclusive admiralty jurisdiction over a claim when a non-admiralty state court would have concurrent jurisdiction ove…
24-832 Renee Anna Najda, et al. v. Citibank, N.A., as Separate Trustee for PMT NPL Financing 2015-1, et al. First Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied diversity-jurisdiction investment-advisor jurisdictional-test navarro-precedent trustee-citizenship unincorporated-entity Whether the citizenship of a trustee or an unincorporated entity controls for diversity jurisdiction purposes when an investment advisor controls the …
24-6432 Zemirah El v. Bernard Moore, dba Administrative Clerk Third Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority diversity-jurisdiction due-process judicial-immunity oath-of-office void-judgment Whether a judge refusing to take the oath of office loses judicial immunity and renders their orders void ab initio
24A748 Meng Uoy Chang v. David Rout, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-01-30 Presumed Complete civil-procedure dismissal-without-prejudice diversity-jurisdiction federal-question pleading-requirements subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts can dismiss a civil complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction when a plaintiff fails to adequately plead a basis for di…
24-769 Joan Stormo, as Assignee of Peter T. Clark v. State National Insurance Company First Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied certification diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-procedure federalism state-law Does the rule disfavoring certification employed by a minority of circuits violate the Erie doctrine and principles of federalism by discriminating ag…
24-724 The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., et al. v. Sarah Palmquist, Individually and as Next Friend of E.P., a Minor, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-01-10 Granted Amici (10)Relisted (2) appellate-review circuit-split diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction judgment-vacatur removal Whether a district court's final judgment as to completely diverse parties must be vacated when an appellate court later determines that it erred by d…
24A519 The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., et al. v. Sarah Palmquist, Individually and as Next Friend of E.P., a Minor, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-11-26 Presumed Complete diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction final-judgment fraudulent-joinder post-removal-amendment removal Whether a plaintiff may amend a complaint post-removal to destroy diversity jurisdiction and whether a district court's final judgment must be vacated…
24-480 Kimberly K. Sisia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-30 Denied Response Waived diversity-jurisdiction eleventh-circuit insurance-coverage medical-payments state-law substantive-law Whether the Eleventh Circuit improperly applied state substantive law in a diversity jurisdiction case involving medical payments coverage by State Fa…
24-5797 Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied IFP child-custody-order diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception emotional-distress judicial-disqualification parental-interference Whether a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress concerning parental interference in a child custody dispute is barred under the Domes…
24A346 Renee Anna Najda, et al. v. Citibank, N.A., Not Individually but Solely as Separate Trustee for PMT NPL Financing 2015-1, et al. First Circuit 2024-10-11 Presumed Complete diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction navarro-test subject-matter-jurisdiction trustee-citizenship unincorporated-entity Whether a passive trustee's citizenship controls diversity jurisdiction under Navarro when the trustee lacks real and substantial control over the uni…
24-5649 Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-27 Denied IFP child-support diversity-jurisdiction emotional-distress fiduciary-duty state-court-order tort-law Whether a tort suit for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on alleged extortionate usage of a child support order and breach of fiduci…
24-329 Michael Ashford, et al. v. Aviation Technical Services, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied case-controversy diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction realignment removal state-court Whether realignment can be used to create diversity jurisdiction in a removed case notwithstanding the presence of an actual case and controversy betw…
24-334 Innovative Fibers LLC, et al. v. Parker O'Neil Wideman, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-09-24 Dismissed agency-jurisdiction circuit-split diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction merits-defense state-law-claim When state law vests a state agency with exclusive jurisdiction over a claim, should a federal court decide for itself at the outset whether to dismis…
24A212 Innovative Fibers LLC, et al. v. Parker O'Neil Wideman, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-27 Presumed Complete diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federalism state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction workers-compensation Whether federal courts sitting in diversity jurisdiction may entertain state law workers' compensation claims that a state legislature has mandated mu…
24A149 The Estate of Isabella "Bella" Herndon, et al. v. Netflix, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete article-iii cafa circuit-conflict diversity-jurisdiction jurisdiction minimal-diversity Whether the Class Action Fairness Act and Article III require a plaintiff invoking federal diversity jurisdiction to specifically identify the name an…
23-1359 Fucich Contracting, Incorporated, et al. v. Shread-Kuyrkendall and Associates, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-07-01 Denied Response Waived appellate-review diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts judicial-federalism legal-reasoning reasoned-opinion state-law supervisory-authority Should a federal court of appeals sitting in diversity be required to issue a reasoned opinion in disposing of a case when that case involves signific…
23-7330 Jessica Graulau v. Credit One Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied IFP arbitration-agreement arbitrator-powers counterclaim diversity-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction manifest-disregard time-limitations Whether arbitrator exceeded his powers by awarding on a matter not submitted to him
23-1126 David Streeter, et al. v. USAA General Indemnity Company Ninth Circuit 2024-04-17 Denied Response Waived certification-of-questions certification-of-state-law comity cooperative-federalism divergent-decisions diversity-jurisdiction efficient-federal-practice erie-doctrine insurance-law judicial-comity lehman-bros-v-schein state-law-interpretation Have Ninth Circuit Panels and Montana federal district courts abused their discretion by denying certification to the Montana Supreme Court of 'first …
23-983 Nicholas Harding v. Google LLC Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure article-iii civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment standing state-citizenship Does the 'state wherein they reside' provision of the Fourteenth Amendment define state citizenship for purposes of Article III diversity jurisdiction…
23-973 Randy Tarum, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert L. Lindsay, et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied certification-of-state-law-questions comity cooperative-federalism divergent-decisions diversity-jurisdiction efficient-federal-practice erie-doctrine federal-procedure first-impression judicial-comity lehman-bros-v-schein state-law-certification Should cooperative-federalism, comity, efficient-federal-practice, divergent-decisions, lehman-bros-v-schein, certification-of-state-law-questions
23-6860 Keyron Lamonte Binns v. American General Life and Accident Insurance Company, AIG, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion amendment contract-interpretation contract-law diversity-jurisdiction extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion jurisdictional-standing stare-decisis Did the U.S. Eastern District Court err in using extrinsic evidence to deny the plaintiff's complaint with prejudice despite no ambiguity in the insur…
23A535 Nicholas Harding v. Google LLC Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete arbitration-appeal article-three corporate-citizenship diversity-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's 'state wherein they reside' clause limits federal courts' diversity jurisdiction over corporate parties based on th…
23-534 Peter Otoh v. U.S. Bank Trust National Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction navarro-rule real-party-in-interest removal removal-jurisdiction securitized-trust traditional-trust trustee trustee-citizenship Whether the Eleventh Circuit was required to apply Navarro's rule to the Respondent
23-453 Special Risk Insurance Services, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC Third Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights commission-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process federalism insurance-broker insurance-broker-commissions property-rights state-law Whether the court of appeals exercised its diversity jurisdiction to nullify settled state law by allowing an insured to switch brokers while keeping …
23-352 Christopher A. Rogalski v. Laureate Education, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (3) 12(b)(6) appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment forum-non-conveniens forum-selection forum-selection-clause standing Must the result of a motion to dismiss based upon a claimed forum selection clause under F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) be considered the same as a dismissal for f…
23-5126 Farkhan Mahmood Shah v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-18 Denied IFP arbitration civil-rights collective-bargaining diversity-jurisdiction due-process employment employment-discrimination first-amendment misrepresentation religious-discrimination summary-judgment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred by explicitly relying on American Airlines' misrepresentation of the terms of t…
22-1231 Laird J. Heal v. Wells Fargo, N.A., as Trustee for WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Services 2006-PR2 Trust, et al. First Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-estoppel motions-to-strike standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether the motions to strike under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c)(2) were decided correctly
22-7383 Carlton Theodore Landis v. David J. Ebbert, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law contract-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction employment-discrimination federal-tort-claims-act judicial-relief scope-of-employment standing statutory-interpretation substitution Can the courts substitute the United States as a defendant in a diversity action brought under Section 1346 of the Federal Tort Claims Act without mak…
22-902 Sara Gonzalez Flavell v. Tracy Jane Marshall, et al. District of Columbia 2023-03-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts immunity international-organizations judicial-immunity judicial-power procedural-rights state-action Whether the two federal courts may in this manner and by issuing these rulings deprive a litigant of the right to pursue their state action in state c…
22-900 Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. Robert Allen Brundage Sixth Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction procedural-fairness standing sua-sponte subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a District Court can nullify an existing diversity jurisdiction by doing sua sponte conversion of one of Plaintiff's two witnesses into Plaint…
22-883 Rachel Evens v. David Gilbertson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process judicial-immunity standing state-court-proceedings subject-matter-jurisdiction younger-abstention What constitutes 'acts in excess of jurisdiction' versus 'the clear absence of subject-matter jurisdiction', with the judges being subject to civil li…
22-847 Virginia Silva-Navarro v. Roosevelt REO PR Corporation First Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction due-process executive-power federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts foreign-entity-litigation jurisdiction precedent standing supreme-court-precedent tax-collection Are lower courts in the federal system to follow the case law of this Honorable Court?
22-6757 In Re Louis Matthew Clements 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure claim-preclusion diversity-jurisdiction federal-common-law full-and-fair-opportunity manifest-injustice res-judicata writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to comply with this Court's previous ruling in Semtek
22-6539 Israel Romero v. Allwell from Absolute Total Care, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction documentary-evidence federal-question pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-28-usc-1915 summary-judgment Whether a motion for summary judgment can be denied as premature
22-261 Estate of Najee Ali Baker, By and Through His Ancillary Administrator Jemel Ali Dixon v. Wake Forest University Fourth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process summary-judgment Whether a federal court of appeals violated its obligation of responsible and meaningful appellate review
22-257 Lorraine Adell v. Cellco Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless Sixth Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response Waived arbitration-consent article-iii article-iii-adjudication civil-rights class-action-fairness-act constitutional-waiver contract-law diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-arbitration-act Whether the voluntariness of the waiver of the personal right to an Article III adjudication under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) and co…
22-252 Howmedica Osteonics Corp. v. DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied federal courts sitting in diversity should apply under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins choice-of-law circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins forum-selection-clause forum-selection-clauses procedural-law state-law substantive-law Whether federal or state law governs the validity of forum-selection clauses
22-209 Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC v. Gloria A. Addison, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied cafa circuit-split class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction local-single-event local-single-event-exception mass-action statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase 'an event or occurrence' in CAFA's local single event exception means what it says—'a single happening'—as the Ninth Circuit holds,…
22-78 Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Curtis Ulleseit, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-preemption fraudulent-joinder jurisdictional-review preemption summary-inquiry Whether courts may refuse to perform more than a summary inquiry to determine if defendants are fraudulently joined due to a pure issue of federal law
21-1561 Vickie Brooks v. Philadelphia Insurance Companies Tenth Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine stare-decisis summary-judgment tenth-circuit Did the Tenth Circuit Court fail to follow stare decisis by failing to follow its own ruling in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and affirm…
21-7999 Kristine Arutyunyan v. Cindy Fields, et al. Second Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction diversity-of-citizenship federal-question pro-se public-importance standing supreme-court-rule Whether the pro se civil lawsuit based on federal question and diversity of citizenship has merit and should be heard by the Supreme Court
21-7629 C. Holmes v. Granuaile, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-04-15 Denied Relisted (3)IFP article-iii-judicial-officer civil-procedure de-novo-review diversity-jurisdiction due-process full-and-fair-review magistrate-referral report-and-recommendation standing substantial-rights summary-dismissal writ-of-certiorari Whether this Court should grant writ of certiorari on appealability
21-1325 Estate of Samuel I. Roig, By and Through Its Personal Representative Gail Olivera, et al. v. United Parcel Service, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-review civil-procedure consent-judgment diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver Whether a Panel of the Circuit Court erred when it dismissed an appeal holding that there is no appellate jurisdiction to consider on the merits wheth…
21-1278 Judy Wright v. May 27, 2011 Order, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied civil-procedure coram-non-judice diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question in-rem-complaint judicial-bias judicial-neutrality standing standing-doctrine state-court-judgment Does a petitioner require proof of harm to have standing to challenge a judgment by a judge with an appearance of undermined neutrality?
21-1222 Joel David Joseph v. American General Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2022-03-09 Denied california-constitution diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine judicial-procedure ninth-circuit oral-argument res-judicata ripeness Does the Erie doctrine require oral argument in a diversity case under the California Constitution?
21-1200 Sherif A. Philips v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection federal-question-jurisdiction fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud-upon-the-court personal-jurisdiction Whether the unrecognized transfer of a case from the Guam Superior Court to the Guam District Court, despite a lack of jurisdiction, led to a default …
21-7042 Craig Nelsen v. Southern Poverty Law Center Eighth Circuit 2022-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-malice constitutional-protection defamation diversity-jurisdiction first-amendment free-speech public-figure summary-judgment Whether the US Court for the 8th Circuit wrongly allowed the District Court's improper statement of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling
21-983 Rhonda Meisner v. Zymogenetics, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure corporate-membership diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction incorporated-parent-company legal-ethics limited-liability-company procedural-standing standing Does diversity jurisdiction exist when the sole member of a named Limited Liability Company defendant, is its incorporated parent company?
21-755 Carter Page, et al. v. Democratic National Committee, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 28-usc-1332 carden-v-arkoma citizenship complete-diversity diversity diversity-jurisdiction domicile newman-green partnership partnership-defendant stateless-citizen Whether a U.S. Citizen domiciled abroad who is a member of a partnership defendant destroys the complete diversity required by 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), wh…
21-666 Parker Waichman, LLP, et al. v. Arnold Levin, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Alyeska-Pipeline-Serv.-Co.-v.-Wilderness-Soc'y attorney-fees Boeing-Co.-v.-Van-Gemert Common-benefit-doctrine common-fund-doctrine diversity-jurisdiction Equitable-common-fund-doctrine erie-doctrine Erie-R.-Co.-v.-Tompkins federal-equity-power Hensley-v.-Eckerhart multi-district-litigation Authority-of-court-in-diversity-jurisdiction-to-allocate-contractual-attorney-fees
21-5994 Choo Washburn v. John Nunez, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction divorce-proceedings due-process erie-doctrine personal-property property-rights real-property takings Does the meaning of the word 'PROPERTY' in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments indicate 'PERSONAL PROPERTY' or 'REAL PROPERTY
21-548 David J. Zawistowski v. Michael D. Kramer, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 ankenbrandt-v-richards diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the domestic relations exception apply to federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 or is the exception limited to diversity jurisdict…
21-358 Melvin Keakaku Amina, et ux. v. U.S. Bank National Association Ninth Circuit 2021-09-07 Denied annexation-legality armed-invasion citizenship-status diversity-jurisdiction executive-agreement hawaii-statehood hawaiian-independence international-law queen-liliuokalani self-determination sovereignty-dispute statehood-process Does the State of Hawai'i lack legal existence?
21-191 Sergei Vinkov v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-claims declaratory-judgment diversity-jurisdiction establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech insurance-coverage standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the District Court abused its discretion retaining jurisdiction over the Declaratory Judgment Act (28 USC § 2201(a)) in the insurance dispute
21-142 Robert J. Frey v. Anthony Binford Minter, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-03 Denied choice-of-law defamation diversity-jurisdiction forum-shopping internet-communication internet-publication personal-jurisdiction reputation-injury reputational-injury Whether Petitioner, a natural person, domiciled in Florida, who suffered injury to his reputation in Florida from a defamatory multistate internet com…
20-1317 Holly MacIntyre v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Tenth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction fraud fraud-damages monetary-relief rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment Whether a plaintiff in a diversity case who seeks monetary relief — for damages emanating from the defendant's fraud in procuring a state-court judgme…
20-7302 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Rentgrow, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP amendment civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-court jurisdiction legal-claim procedural-rules standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint against the defendant(s) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
20-6908 In Re Michael Ingram El 2021-01-15 Denied IFP 14th-amendment citizenship-status civil-rights consular-court consular-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction extraterritoriality international-agreement self-executing-treaty treaty treaty-interpretation Whether the Treaty of 1787/1836 is self-executing and grants rights of extraterritoriality and consular court jurisdiction
20-6853 Dora L. Adkins v. Dulles Hotel Corporation Fourth Circuit 2021-01-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1332 civil-procedure corporate-citizenship dismissal-with-prejudice diversity-jurisdiction headquarters nerve-center principal-place-of-business standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a court can disregard a corporation's headquarters for diversity jurisdiction
20-857 Dale L. Miesen v. John D. Munding, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied circuit-split corporate-governance demand-letter derivative-action derivative-actions diversity-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading-requirements rule-23.1 standard-of-review Whether the plaintiff in a derivative action must plead and prove the adequacy of its derivative demand letter
20-754 Albert Von Weingarten v. Lonnie Chester Second Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response Waived certification-to-state-court civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction estate-administration federal-court independent-cause-of-action legal-certification maladministration state-law statutory-interpretation Does Title 14 Vermont Statutes Annotated Section 1208 provide for an independent cause of action for maladministration of an estate, which can be brou…
20-6344 Phyllis Marie Knight v. John C. Chatelain, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law bill-of-rights civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction diversity-of-citizenship due-process interstate-commerce jury-trial seventh-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Is the state or federal court the proper forum for this dispute?
20-684 Benjamin Tagger v. Strauss Group Ltd. Second Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction fcn-treaties federal-courts friendship-commerce-navigation-treaties international-commercial-relations national-treatment permanent-resident standing treaty-interpretation Does the National Treatment clause in Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation Treaties provide permanent resident aliens from treaty nations access to fe…
20-602 Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels v. Donald J. Trump Ninth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-slapp anti-slapp-statute circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure procedural-law shady-grove Does the Texas Citizens' Participation Act apply in federal court diversity jurisdiction cases under Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938)?
20-474 CMT Hospital HIMA San Pablo Caguas v. Jose Suero-Algarin First Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied civil-procedure damages-review diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine excessiveness federal-standard gasperini-standard gasperini-v-center-for-humanities remittitur state-law Whether the decision below contravenes Erie Railroad v. Tompkins by granting respondent a recovery that is ten times larger than the recovery responde…
20-337 Rosemary Ann Lynn v. Andrew George Brown, III, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-09-14 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction due-process personal-jurisdiction rico-statute service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction venue Whether Appellees' refusal to serve Petitioner with summons and petition after passage of two years' and seven months divest the district court of per…
20-5442 Condra L. Smith v. Department of Education, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law amount-in-controversy civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-jurisdiction interstate-litigation standing student-loan-fraud subject-matter-jurisdiction wage-garnishment Whether the courts can exercise jurisdiction over a case involving parties from multiple states and the minimum amount in controversy for diversity ju…
20-169 Lawrence Richard Metsch v. Timothy Hajdasz Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response Waived civil-litigation civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-procedure removal removal-jurisdiction rule-11-sanctions sanctions stonewalling subject-matter-jurisdiction time-limit Did the Eleventh Circuit err in imposing sanctions on the defendant's lawyer for removing the case to federal court?
20-170 Karen Chongah Han v. Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. Sixth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-discretion federal-courts judicial-estoppel legal-standing procedural-dismissal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be applied to defeat subject matter jurisdiction
19-1272 Thomas Christopher Retzlaff v. Jason Lee Van Dyke Fifth Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) anti-slapp civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts federal-procedure free-speech litigation-strategy Whether state anti-SLAPP statutes apply in federal diversity cases
19-1157 Patsy Weatherly, et al. v. Pershing, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) american-pipe civil-procedure class-action diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-procedure statute-of-limitations tolling Whether the tolling rule of American Pipe & Const. Co. v. Utah applies in a class action filed in federal court based on diversity jurisdiction
19-8012 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Alameda Health System, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP amended-complaint diversity-jurisdiction diversity-of-citizenship fair-labor-standards-act government-agency governmental-agency governmental-investigation labor-code retaliation retaliation-claim statute-of-limitations unlawful-termination Shall the District Court toll the statute of limitations under the FLSA
19-7829 Dale E. Phillips v. South Coast Plaza, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination class-action constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction pro-se-litigation standing state-actor vexatious-litigant Whether California's Vexatious Litigant Laws violate the 1st, 8th and 14th Amendments
19-887 Aryeh Simon, et ux. v. Marriott International, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cafa civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act constitution constitutional-requirement diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction minimal-diversity statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court can disregard the requirement of minimal diversity to exercise jurisdiction over a case that undisputedly lacks diversity, bas…
19-802 David Ehrman v. Cox Communications, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied citizenship-pleading civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction domicile federal-jurisdiction notice-of-removal pleading pleading-standards procedural-requirements removal removal-procedure standing Is an allegation of an individual's state citizenship made solely on 'information and belief' sufficient to plead diversity of citizenship?
19-7002 Robert C. Denham, Jr. v. James Dzurenda, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied IFP 28-usc-1332 42-usc-1983 amended-complaint amount-in-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction in-forma-pauperis jurisdictional-amount screening-order standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Is whether or not Plaintiffs Reply Motions Affidavit to Screening Order dated 01-09-19 was timely, and satisfied the $75,000 amount-in-controversy req…
19-778 Edward A. Weinhaus v. Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response Waived circuit-split custody-decrees diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction frivolous-appeal fundamental-rights redress rule-38-sanctions Is There a Domestic-Relations Exception to Federal Question Jurisdiction?
19-526 Dexter Edwards, dba Edwards Land and Cattle v. Genex Cooperative, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied cattle-reproduction choice-of-law civil-procedure contract contract-law diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federalism oral-agreement state-law Did the court of appeals violate Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) and the pragmatic federalism it represents by refusing to apply establish…
19-6010 John Robert Demos v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. First Circuit 2019-09-20 Closed IFP citizenship civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process foreign-nationals jurisdiction residency standing state-treaties subject-of-foreign-nation Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over cases involving projected persons, foreign nationals, subjects of a foreign nation, state treaties, an…
19-347 AER Advisors, Inc., et al. v. Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC First Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) annunzio-wylie-anti-money-laundering-act anti-money-laundering bank-secrecy-act choice-of-law civil-immunity criminal-disclosure diversity-jurisdiction federal-transfer financial-institutions forum-selection good-faith-reporting immunity immunity-defense Whether Section 5318 of the Bank Secrecy Act confers absolute immunity or only immunity for good-faith, truthful disclosures about possible criminal v…
19-306 Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. v. Yury Rinsky First Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts legal-standards punitive-damages standard-of-proof state-courts state-law state-law-certification subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts sitting in diversity should exercise their discretion to certify questions to state high courts when a state's courts are silen…
19-238 In Re Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC, et al. 2019-08-23 Denied appellate-review article-iii-standing civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction en-banc-review proposition-65 remand-order removal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the remand order constitutes an appealable abuse of discretion for failing to reach or resolve the jurisdictional issues raised below
19-219 Joan Demarest v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response Waived citizenship citizenship-determination court-jurisdiction diversity diversity-jurisdiction federal-court federal-removal mortgage-investment-trust real-estate-investment-trust real-estate-trust removal trustee When a mortgage investment trust removes a case from federal court based on diversity, is its citizenship determined by the citizenship of each of its…
19-13 Tennessee v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML Sixth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention certification diversity-jurisdiction federal-court first-impression judicial-procedure state-constitution state-constitutional-issue state-law state-statute Whether a federal court exercising its diversity jurisdiction should certify an important state constitutional issue of first impression to the State'…
18-1578 Pfizer Inc. v. Alida Adamyan, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Amici (2) cafa-removal civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-court joint-trial mass-action products-liability removal state-court state-court-proposal Whether a state court's proposal to try jointly the claims of more than 100 plaintiffs can qualify for 'mass action' removal under the Class Action Fa…
18-1456 William Mauldin, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Pauline Gibson, Deceased v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consent-to-removal deception diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction removal rule-interpretation standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts must dismiss a case for lack of jurisdiction under FRCP 12(h)(3) when diversity jurisdiction is lacking, even after improper re…
18-1352 Commerce Bank v. Beverly Williamson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act counterclaim diversity-jurisdiction federal-court jurisdictional-requirements original-defendant removal removal-statute standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a counterclaim defendant in a state court class action is any defendant' entitled to remove a class action which satisfies the jurisdictional …
18-1314 Kimberly Meador, et al. v. Apple, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1332 access-to-courts certification-to-state-supreme-court civil-rights collision court-access distracted-driving diversity-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction-28-usc-1332 driver-distraction due-process erie-doctrine negligence product-liability smartphone-manufacturer-liability statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-law Whether Texas courts would hold a smartphone manufacturer liable for injuries and deaths caused by a driver distracted by the manufacturer's smartphon…
18-1281 Hayes B. Milliman v. Timothy L. Randall California 2019-04-08 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-law congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-question markham-v-allen probate-exception state-probate-court trust trusts wills What is the scope of the probate exception to federal jurisdiction?
18-8523 Tynisha Latrice Reinerio, nka Akosua Tanisha Aaebo v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 15-usc-7003 account-debtor collateral-estoppel diversity-jurisdiction eighth-circuit mortgage-law mortgage-loan negotiable-instrument note-negotiation res-judicata security-interest standing statutory-trust ucc ucc-3-103(a)(12) ucc-3-110(b) ucc-9-102(a)(3) ucc-9-312(e)-(g) uniform-commercial-code Was the issue of res judicata and collateral estoppel improperly decided by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals?
18-8305 Nausheen Zainulabeddin v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied IFP commerce-clause disability-discrimination diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-preemption fourteenth-amendment property-rights regulatory-taking sovereign-immunity Did the lower court violate Commerce Clause of the constitution of Article 1, section 8, Clause 3; when it denied principal's interest to maintain uni…
18-8272 Juliette Fairley v. Don Ford, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights disgorgement district-court diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals violate the 14th Amendment when it upheld Petitioner Juliette's dismissal which was based on the District Court's…
18-7211 Frank M. Monte v. Joe Kessling, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism interstate-dispute judicial-review legal-standing original-jurisdiction standing state-sovereignty Whether a State has standing to bring an original legal action against a citizen of another State
18-784 Eldon Bugg v. Marc Honey, et al. Missouri 2018-12-20 Denied bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law common-law-torts diversity-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment national-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction Whether respondents' appearance in Missouri state court while the bankruptcy case was still open constituted presence in Missouri for purposes of pers…
18-737 Gregory Aime, et al. v. JTH Tax, Inc., dba Liberty Tax Service, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-12-10 Denied Response Waived certification common-law contract-formation diversity-jurisdiction federal-appellate-procedure federal-court lehman-bros-precedent lehman-bros-v-schein state-law state-law-certification virginia-common-law Whether a federal court should certify an issue of state law to the highest state court
18-721 Norman Bloom v. Aftermath Public Adjusters, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied certification circuit-split civil-procedure discretion diversity-jurisdiction federal-court federal-court-discretion federal-courts legal-uncertainty procedural-standards state-law state-law-certification Whether the language of a state's certification rule should factor into the federal court's decision to certify a dispositive state law question in a …
18-6779 Guy Heffington v. Pamela Puleo, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment 7th-amendment amendment-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process judicial-conspiracy legal-representation property-rights Whether Guy Heffington was denied due process, right to attorney, right to jury trial, and equal protection
18-6446 Juliette Fairley v. PM Management - San Antonio AL Fifth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied IFP 5th-circuit ada americans-with-disabilities-act associational-standing civil-rights civil-rights-statute diversity-jurisdiction public-accommodation rule-19 standing Did the 5th Circuit err in finding that Appellant Juliette Fairley failed to state a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 2000a, or 42 U.S.C § 12182, whe…
18-530 Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel First Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) charitable-trusts diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine establishment-clause evidence federalism free-exercise free-exercise-clause personal-property property property-dispute religious-liberty secular-evidence trust trust-law In ordinary trust and property disputes, does the Establishment Clause preclude courts from considering secular evidence that is relevant and admissib…
18-528 Elias Kifle, et al. v. Jemal Ahmed Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied civil-procedure district-court diversity diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts jurisdiction rule-19 standard-of-review standing subject-matter-jurisdiction What is the standard of review for a District Court's determination that a required party is dispensable under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19?
18-403 Bruce A. Shear v. MAZ Partners, LP, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated First Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights disgorgement disgorgement-order district-court-power diversity-jurisdiction due-process equitable-power equitable-remedy erie-doctrine federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion jury-trial jury-verdict When a jury finds in favor of defendant on the sole claim asserted against him, may a district court affirm the verdict but then use 'equitable power'…
18-385 Jakks Pacific, Inc. v. Accasvek LLC District of Columbia 2018-09-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-precedent diversity diversity-jurisdiction espinosa-v-united-student-aid-funds finality-of-judgments judicial-interpretation jurisdiction procedural-dismissal public-policy standing subject-matter-jurisdiction united-student-aid-funds-v-espinosa Whether the lower courts disregarded this Court's judgment in United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa, 559 U.S. 260 (2010), and thereby defeated th…
18-301 Chieftain Royalty Company v. Charles David Nutley, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Amici (4) attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights class-action common-fund common-fund-fees diversity diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-law inherent-power judicial-discretion state-law Whether common-fund fee awards are governed in diversity cases by state or federal law
18-178 SGK Properties, L.L.C., et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response Waived americold-realty-trust-v-conagra-foods business-trust circuit-split citizenship comity comity-and-federalism diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine erie-r-co-v-tompkins federal-courts federalism real-party-in-interest unincorporated-business-trust unincorporated-entity Whether the citizenship of constituent members of an unincorporated business trust determines federal diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)…
18-168 Bill G. Nichols, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Chesapeake Operating, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) cafa cafa-jurisdiction circuit-split citizenship civil-procedure class-action diversity-jurisdiction domicile domicile-presumption federal-courts federal-jurisdiction removal residency-domicile-presumption residency-presumption standing subject-matter-jurisdiction When determining the citizenship of a class for purposes of CAFA's home-state exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(4)(B), does this Court's long-standing re…
18-5382 Muriel Fiedler v. Mace Brindley, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1441 civil-procedure civil-procedure-removal diversity-jurisdiction due-process forum-defendant-rule judicial-bias remand remand-procedures removal removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction over the petitioner's case
18-22 Young Sung Lee, et al. v. Katelyn Garvey Second Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied civil-procedure directed-verdict diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts judicial-discretion meniscus-injury new-york-insurance-law new-york-law permanent-injury personal-injury rule-50-dismissal rule-50(a) rule-50a serious-injury-threshold state-law-interpretation summary-judgment Whether the Magistrate Judge erred in granting a Rule 50(a) motion for directed verdict
25A439 William P. DeBoskey v. Goshen Mortgage, as Separate Trustee for GDBT 1 Trust 2011-1, et al. Eleventh Circuit Application 28-usc-1447 diversity-jurisdiction federal-rules remand removal sua-sponte Whether a federal district court may sua sponte remand a removed case to state court after the statutory thirty-day period for challenging removal has…