Filed: Feb. 16, 2018
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-2434 EDWARD S. COHN; STEPHEN N. GOLDBERG, Substitute Trustee; RICHARD E. SOLOMON, Substitute Trustee; RICHARD J. ROGERS, Substitute Trustee; RANDALL J. ROLLS, Substitute Trustee, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. JOHN H. HARDING, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge. (1:17-cv-03236-ELH) Submitted: February 15, 2018 Decided
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-2434 EDWARD S. COHN; STEPHEN N. GOLDBERG, Substitute Trustee; RICHARD E. SOLOMON, Substitute Trustee; RICHARD J. ROGERS, Substitute Trustee; RANDALL J. ROLLS, Substitute Trustee, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. JOHN H. HARDING, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge. (1:17-cv-03236-ELH) Submitted: February 15, 2018 Decided:..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-2434
EDWARD S. COHN; STEPHEN N. GOLDBERG, Substitute Trustee; RICHARD
E. SOLOMON, Substitute Trustee; RICHARD J. ROGERS, Substitute Trustee;
RANDALL J. ROLLS, Substitute Trustee,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
v.
JOHN H. HARDING,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge. (1:17-cv-03236-ELH)
Submitted: February 15, 2018 Decided: February 16, 2018
Before WILKINSON, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John H. Harding, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
John H. Harding seeks to appeal the district court’s order remanding this
foreclosure proceeding to the Maryland state court from which it was removed.
Generally, “[a]n order remanding a case to the State court from which it was removed is
not reviewable on appeal or otherwise.” 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) (2012). The Supreme
Court has instructed that Ҥ 1447(d) must be read in pari materia with [28 U.S.C.]
§ 1447(c), so that only remands based on grounds specified in § 1447(c) are immune
from review under § 1447(d).” Things Remembered, Inc. v. Petrarca,
516 U.S. 124, 127
(1995). Thus, § 1447(d)
is tightly circumscribed to cover only remand orders within the scope of
. . . § 1447(c), based on (1) a district court’s lack of subject matter
jurisdiction or (2) a defect in removal other than lack of subject matter
jurisdiction that was raised by the motion of a party within 30 days after the
notice of removal was filed.
Doe v. Blair,
819 F.3d 64, 66 (4th Cir. 2016) (internal quotation marks omitted).
“Whether a district court’s remand order is reviewable under § 1447(d) is not determined
by whether the order explicitly cites § 1447(c) or not.” Borneman v. United States,
213
F.3d 819, 824 (4th Cir. 2000).
The district court determined that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over this
case. Accordingly, we are without jurisdiction to review the remand order. We therefore
deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and 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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