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Malka Leeal v. Newrez LLC, dba Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 22-1917 · judgment June 22, 2023


Certiorari denied · February 20, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN ITS BURDEN TO ESTABLISH ALL FOUR ELEMENTS OF RES JUDICATA AND CONDUCT DE NOVO REVIEW. (I) IT INVOLVES THE SAME PARTIES AS THE SAME SUIT; (II) THE FIRST SUIT RESULTED IN A FINAL JUDGMENT ON THE MERITS; (III) THE SECOND SUITE RAISES CLAIMS BASED ON THE SAME TRANSACTION OR OCCURRENCES AS THE FIRST SUIT; (IV) THE CLAIMS IN THE SECOND SUIT WERE RAISED OR COULD HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THE FIRS SUIT. i. Petitioners answered: "Yes" ii. Respondents answered: "No" iii. The District Court answered “No” iv. The 6th Circuit answered: “No” v. This Court should answer: "Yes"

  2. ALTERNATIVELY, WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT, AND MAGISTRATE REPORT & RECOMMENDATION CONTAINS A FUNDAMENTAL FLAW, WHEN BOTH IGNORED MALKA LEEAL’S MOTION TO AMEND CASE CAPTION REMOVING MATI LEEAL’S NAME FROM THE COMPLAINT, AND ITS EFFECT.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Malka Leeal

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
23A347

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 31 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
  3. Dec 11 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 17, 2024)
  4. Oct 17 2023
    Application (23A347) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 11, 2023.
  5. Oct 12 2023
    Application (23A347) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 12, 2023 to December 11, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.