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Joan Demarest v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-56432 · judgment April 8, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 15, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

In Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, 136 S.Ct. 1012 (2016), this Court ruled that, for diversity, a real estate investment trust was a citizen of the states for each of its members. This petition raises a related issue: 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 members, or by the citizenship of its trustee?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Glenn Baker
Law Office of David Glenn Baker

For respondent
Eric Donald Houser
Houser & Allison, APC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 15 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 18 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
  3. Sep 04 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents HSBC Bank USA, N.A,, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Aug 13 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 19, 2019)