Keith Yacko v. Tiffany Noels
Keith Yacko v. Tiffany Noels
Opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-2484
KEITH M. YACKO, Substitute Trustee; ROBERT E. FRAZIER, Substitute Trustee; THOMAS J. GARTNER, Substitute Trustee; LAURA D. HARRIS, Substitute Trustee; ROBERT M. OLIVERI, Substitute Trustee; THOMAS W. HODGE, Substitute Trustee; GENE JUNG, Substitute Trustee,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
v.
TIFFANY L. NOELS,
Defendant - Appellant,
and
DARRYL NOELS,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. George Jarrod Hazel, District Judge. (8:17-cv-03604-GJH)
Submitted: April 4, 2019 Decided: April 8, 2019
Before NIEMEYER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Tiffany Lagenia Noels, Appellant Pro Se. Christine N. Johnson, BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
2 PER CURIAM:
Tiffany Lagenia Noels seeks to appeal the district court’s order remanding the
underlying foreclosure proceeding to state court. We dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. Remand orders are generally “not reviewable on appeal or otherwise.”
28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) (2012). The Supreme Court has explained that the appellate restrictions
of “§ 1447(d) must be read in pari materia with § 1447(c), so that only remands based on
grounds specified in § 1447(c) [i.e., lack of subject matter jurisdiction and defects in
removal procedures] are immune from review under § 1447(d).” Things Remembered,
Inc. v. Petrarca,
516 U.S. 124, 127(1995). Whether a remand order is reviewable is not
based on a district court’s explicit citation to § 1447(c); “[t]he bar of § 1447(d) applies to
any order invoking substantively one of the grounds specified in § 1447(c).” Borneman
v. United States,
213 F.3d 819, 824-25(4th Cir. 2000).
Here, the district court clearly remanded this case based on lack of subject matter
jurisdiction. Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to review the merits of the district court’s
order. Thus, we deny leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis and we dismiss the
appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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Reference
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