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Virginia Silva-Navarro v. Roosevelt REO PR Corporation

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 20-1442 · judgment May 6, 2022

Certiorari denied · May 1, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Are lower courts in the federal system to follow the case law of this Honorable Court? Or, the case law of this Honorable Court is merely persuasive, and not binding on the lower courts?

  2. Can the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico deprive the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of the collection of taxes?

  3. Can a company from a foreign nation appear as plaintiff in a diversity jurisdiction case without complying with the requirements established by the applicable case law of this Honorable Court?

  4. Can a U.S.District Court impair the powers of the President as head of the Executive Branch, by not requiring the verification of foreign officers’ signatures from embassy or consular officers of the United States?

  5. Can a U.S. District Court deprive The United States of America of a legitimate tax lien on a real estate property, based on an illegal foreclosure action based on an alleged senior lien held by a foreign entity not a juridical person?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Maximiliano Trujillo-Gonzalez

For respondent
Reggie Diaz Hernandez
Bermudez & Diaz, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 01 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 12 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
  3. Mar 31 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Roosevelt REO PR Corporation to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Dec 01 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 6, 2023)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service