John Howard, Sr. v. Starsha Sewell

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying motion transfer case [999720415-2] Originating case number: 8:15-cv-01539-PWG Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999795250]. Mailed to: appellant and David A. Wanger.. [15-2421]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2421

JOHN HOWARD, SR.,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
STARSHA M. SEWELL,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Paul W. Grimm, District Judge. (8:15cv-01539-PWG)

Submitted:

April 11, 2016

Before DUNCAN
Circuit Judge.

and

DIAZ,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

April 14, 2016

DAVIS,

Senior

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Starsha Sewell, Appellant Pro Se.
David A. Wanger, LAW OFFICE
OF DAVID WANGER, Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Starsha
remanding

Sewell

this

appeals

removed

the

action

district

to

state

court’s

court

for

orders
lack

jurisdiction and denying the motion for reconsideration.
order

remanding

a

case

to

state

court

is

generally

of
An
not

reviewable on appeal or otherwise.

28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) (2012).

The

the

Supreme

Court

has

limited

scope

of

§ 1447(d),

prohibiting appellate review of remand orders based on a defect
in the removal procedure or lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co., 517 U.S. 706, 711-12 (1996);
see 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) (2012).

Here, remand was based on lack

of subject matter jurisdiction.
appeal for want of jurisdiction.
and dispense

with

oral

argument

Accordingly, we dismiss the
We deny the motion to transfer
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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