Jeffrey Nadel v. Elsie Marino ( 2018 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-1712
JEFFREY NADEL, Substitute Trustee; SCOTT NADEL, Substitute Trustee;
DANIEL MENCHEL, Substitute Trustee; MICHAEL MCKEOWN, Substitute
Trustee,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
v.
ELSIE MARINO,
Defendant - Appellant,
and
LUIS JAVIER MARINO,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
George Jarrod Hazel, District Judge. (8:17-cv-02136-GJH)
Submitted: October 12, 2018 Decided: October 19, 2018
Before DIAZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Elsie Marino, Appellant Pro Se. Bizhan Beiramee, BEIRAMEE LAW GROUP, P.C.,
Bethesda, Maryland; Jeffrey Nadel, LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY NADEL, Calverton,
Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Elsie Marino seeks to appeal the district court’s orders remanding a foreclosure
action to state court and denying reconsideration. We dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction.
“Congress has placed broad restrictions on the power of federal appellate courts to
review district court orders remanding removed cases to state court.” Doe v. Blair, 819
F.3d 64, 66 (4th Cir. 2016) (internal quotation marks omitted); see 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d)
(2012) (providing that remand orders generally are “not reviewable on appeal or
otherwise”). Section 1447(d) prohibits this court from reviewing remand orders based on
the grounds specified in 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) (2012)—i.e., “(1) a district court’s lack of
subject matter jurisdiction or (2) a defect in removal other than lack of subject matter
jurisdiction that was raised by the motion of a party within 30 days after the notice of
removal was filed.” Ellenburg v. Spartan Motors Chassis, Inc., 519 F.3d 192, 196 (4th
Cir. 2008) (internal quotation marks omitted). Here, the district court determined that it
lacked subject matter jurisdiction over this case. Moreover, we conclude that the Waco *
exception does not apply. See Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Servs., Inc., 551 U.S.
224, 236 (2007); Palmer v. City Nat’l Bank, of W. Va., 498 F.3d 236, 240-42 (4th Cir.
2007). Accordingly, we may not review the district court’s decision to remand the case.
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City of Waco v. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co., 293 U.S. 140 (1934).
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We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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