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Eliezer Taveras v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-11975 · judgment December 29, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the removal of a case from state to federal court, under allegations of fraudulent procedural conduct by the defendants and when the principal claims are fundamentally rooted in state law, violate established principles of federal question jurisdiction and due process by depriving the state court of the opportunity to adjudicate issues closely tied to state legal principles, particularly under the doctrines of Rooker-Feldman and claim-splitting? When a federal court dismisses a case based on procedural grounds without thoroughly addressing the substantive state law claims and jurisdictional issues, does it violate the procedural due process rights guaranteed under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Eliezer Taveras
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Sep 11 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- May 24 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 26, 2024)