Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Abed et al
Filing
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ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the motions of defendant Emad Abed to extend the time to file a notice of appeal and to reopen and stay remand [37, 43] are DENIED. (Written Opinion) Signed by Judge Patrick J. Schiltz on March 28, 2017. (CLG) cc: Emad Y. Abed on 3/28/2017 (KNK).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee for HarborView
Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Loan
Pass‐Through Certificates, Series 2007‐2,
Case No. 16‐CV‐0958 (PJS/SER)
Plaintiff,
v.
ORDER
EMAD Y. ABED; MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SERVICES, INC., as nominee for
Homecomings Financial, LLC (F/K/A
Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.);
LARIVE CONDOMINIUM
ASSOCIATION; UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA; JOHN DOE; and MARY
ROE,
Defendants.
Jared D. Kemper and Kristina Kaluza, DYKEMA GOSSETT, PLLC; John P.
Dockry and Kalli L. Ostlie, SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP, for plaintiff.
Emad Y. Abed, pro se.
Defendant Emad Abed removed this foreclosure action to federal court in
April 2016. Concluding that it lacks jurisdiction, the Court granted plaintiff’s motion to
remand on January 27, 2017. ECF No. 35.
Abed now moves for an extension of time in which to file an appeal. A district
court may extend the time to file a notice of appeal if the litigant moves for an extension
no later than 30 days after his time to appeal has expired and he shows either good
cause or excusable neglect. Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5)(A).
Abed’s motion is (barely) timely, but he has failed to show good cause. Abed
claims that, although he has received all other correspondence from the Court, he did
not receive the Court’s remand order. ECF No. 38. But Abed does not explain when or
how he became aware of the Court’s order; he simply asserts that he did not receive it in
the mail. ECF No. 38. The notice on the docket indicates that the Clerk’s Office mailed
the remand order to Abed at the same address to which it has sent all other
correspondence, ECF No. 35, and there is no indication that the order was returned or
otherwise unable to be delivered.
Notably, Abed filed his motion to extend the time to appeal just under the
deadline set by Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5)(A)(i). Abed has a pattern of requesting last‐
minute, lengthy extensions. ECF No. 19 (June 13 letter requesting a 60‐day extension to
respond to remand motion that was filed on May 12); ECF No. 21 (July 15 letter
requesting an additional 45‐day extension); ECF No. 23 (July 29 letter requesting 6‐
month extension on the basis of chronic health issues not mentioned in earlier letters).
Under the circumstances of this case, Abed’s bare assertion that he did not receive the
remand order, without more, is insufficient to overcome the presumption of delivery by
mail. See Diaz v. Lynch, 824 F.3d 758, 760 (8th Cir. 2016) (per curiam) (alien’s affidavit
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claiming that he did not receive notice of hearing was insufficient to overcome
presumption of delivery where he admitted receiving a notice to appear sent to same
address a week earlier). The Court therefore denies Abed’s motion to extend the time to
file a notice of appeal.
Abed also seeks a stay pending appeal. An order remanding a case to state court
for lack of subject‐matter jurisdiction is not reviewable on appeal, however. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1447(d); Arnold Crossroads, L.L.C. v. Gander Mountain Co., 751 F.3d 935, 939 (8th Cir.
2014). Setting that aside, Abed has not given the Court any reason to doubt its
jurisdictional ruling. As Abed has no chance of prevailing on appeal and is facing no
threat of irreparable injury, his motion to stay is denied. Brady v. Nat’l Football League,
640 F.3d 785, 789 (8th Cir. 2011) (per curiam) (in determining whether to grant a stay
pending appeal, likelihood of success is the most important factor).
ORDER
Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the motions of defendant Emad Abed to extend the
time to file a notice of appeal and to reopen and stay remand [ECF Nos. 37, 43] are
DENIED.
Dated: March 28, 2017
s/Patrick J. Schiltz
Patrick J. Schiltz
United States District Judge
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