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Summary: [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED _ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 07-14437 FEBRUARY 5, 2008 Non-Argument Calendar THOMAS K. KAHN _ CLERK D. C. Docket No. 03-01189-CV-T-26TGW MOHAMMED HUSEIN BHADELIA, an individual and citizen of Karachi, Pakistan, MOHAMMED FAROOQ BHADELIA, an individual and citizen of the U.S.A., Plaintiffs-Counter- Defendants, versus MARINA CLUB OF TAMPA, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida (F.S. Chapter 720)
Summary: [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED _ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 07-14437 FEBRUARY 5, 2008 Non-Argument Calendar THOMAS K. KAHN _ CLERK D. C. Docket No. 03-01189-CV-T-26TGW MOHAMMED HUSEIN BHADELIA, an individual and citizen of Karachi, Pakistan, MOHAMMED FAROOQ BHADELIA, an individual and citizen of the U.S.A., Plaintiffs-Counter- Defendants, versus MARINA CLUB OF TAMPA, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida (F.S. Chapter 720) c..
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED
________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-14437 FEBRUARY 5, 2008
Non-Argument Calendar THOMAS K. KAHN
________________________ CLERK
D. C. Docket No. 03-01189-CV-T-26TGW
MOHAMMED HUSEIN BHADELIA,
an individual and citizen of Karachi, Pakistan,
MOHAMMED FAROOQ BHADELIA,
an individual and citizen of the U.S.A.,
Plaintiffs-Counter-
Defendants,
versus
MARINA CLUB OF TAMPA, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,
INC., a Florida (F.S. Chapter 720) corporation,
Defendant-Counter-
Claimant-Appellee,
DWAYNE L. GILLISPIE,
Movant-Appellant.
________________________
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
_________________________
(February 5, 2008)
Before CARNES, HULL and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Dwayne Gillispie, a pro se respondent who was enjoined by the district
court, appeals the district court’s order granting a permanent injunction. After
review, we affirm.1
This appeal arises out of a protracted dispute between plaintiff Husein
Bhadelia, the owner of an unfinished condominium building, Building N, and
defendant Marina Club of Tampa, the homeowners association for the unit owners
in the two completed condominium buildings. After court-ordered mediation, the
parties entered into a settlement agreement. Plaintiff Bhadelia then challenged the
settlement agreement on appeal, and a prior panel of this Court affirmed. See
Bhadelia v. Marina Club of Tampa, 142 Fed. App’x 399 (11th Cir. 2005).
After more proceedings, including the award of contempt sanctions against
plaintiff Bhadelia, the Marina Club filed a motion for a temporary restraining order
and preliminary injunction, seeking to enjoin plaintiff Bhadelia and his agents,
Sunni Bhadelia and appellant Gillispie, from violating the terms of the settlement
agreement. After Gillispie filed a response and the district court held a hearing, the
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We review de novo a district court’s application of the law-of-the-case doctrine.
Transamerica Leasing, Inc. v. Inst. of London Underwriters,
430 F.3d 1326, 1331 (11th Cir.
2005). We likewise review de novo a district court’s construction of a settlement agreement.
Waters v. Int’l Precious Metals Corp.,
237 F.3d 1273, 1277 (11th Cir. 2001).
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district court granted Marina Club’s motion for a preliminary injunction.
Because this Court, in a previous appeal, already rejected challenges to the
district court’s jurisdiction in this case, we are precluded under the law-of-the-case
doctrine from reviewing Gillispie’s current challenge to the district court’s
jurisdiction.2 Alphamed, Inc. v. B. Braun Med., Inc.,
367 F.3d 1280, 1285-86
(11th Cir. 2004). Furthermore, Gillispie is bound by the district court’s injunction
because the undisputed record shows that Gillispie was acting as plaintiff
Bhadelia’s agent, was in “active concert and participation with” plaintiff Bhadelia
and had actual notice of the district court’s order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d).
Finally, because the terms of the settlement agreement demonstrate the intent of
the parties to have the units in Building N be used only as condominium units, the
district court did not err in its construction of the settlement agreement.
AFFIRMED.
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We reject Gillispie’s claim that the Court did not reach the merits of the district court’s
jurisdiction in the prior appeal. Plaintiff Bhadelia filed a motion to dismiss Marina Club’s
counterclaim and argued, inter alia, that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
Bhadelia’s brief on appeal raised the same jurisdictional challenge to this Court. In a footnote in
our prior panel opinion, this Court stated, “The Bhadelias’ remaining issues on appeal, such as
the district court’s initial denial of their motion to dismiss the Marina Club’s counterclaim before
sending the case to settlement, are without merit and not discussed further.” Bhadelia, 142 Fed.
App’x at 402 n.2. Thus, this Court has already rejected the challenge to the district court’s
jurisdiction over Marina Club’s counterclaim.
Even assuming arguendo that Gillispie was correct and there was no subject matter
jurisdiction over the counterclaim, Gillispie does not dispute that the district court had subject
matter jurisdiction over Bhadelia’s complaint against Marina Club and that the parties entered
into a settlement agreement resolving the entire case. The district court had jurisdiction to
enforce the settlement agreement.
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