Granados et al v. U.S. Bank Trust National Association et al
| Israel Caceres and Ramon Granados |
| Esq. Thomas J. Walsh and U.S. Bank Trust National Association |
| 1:2024cv00267 |
| July 8, 2024 |
| US District Court for the District of Rhode Island |
| William E Smith |
| Patricia A Sullivan |
| Real Property: Foreclosure |
| 28 U.S.C. ยง 1345 Foreclosure |
| Plaintiff |
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Filing 13
JUDGMENT dismissing this civil action. So Ordered by District Judge William E. Smith on 7/29/2024. (Urizandi, Nissheneyra)
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TEXT ORDER dismissing Plaintiffs' #1 Complaint and denying as moot Plaintiffs' #6 Emergency Motion for Priority on the List to Reestablish the Loan. The Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiffs' claims under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See White v. Gittens, 121 F.3d 803, 806 (1st Cir. 1997) ("[A] court has an obligation to inquire sua sponte into its subject matter jurisdiction, and to proceed no further if such jurisdiction is wanting." (quoting In re Recticel Foam Corp., 859 F.2d 1000, 1002 (1st Cir.1988))). The Rooker-Feldman doctrine holds that a court may not exercise subject matter jurisdiction over claims that are "inextricably intertwined" with claims that a state court previously decided. Hill v. Town of Conway, 193 F.3d 33, 39 (1st Cir. 1999). Claims are "inextricably intertwined" when they "succeed[] only to the extent that the state court wrongly decided the issues before it." Id. (quoting Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco, Inc., 481 U.S. 1, 25 (1987) (Marshall, J., concurring))). Specifically, the Court does not assess whether the federal court claims are identical to those from the state court, rather it considers "whether the plaintiff's federal suit is, in effect, an end-run around a final state-court judgment." Klimowicz v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Tr. Co., 907 F.3d 61, 66 (1st Cir. 2018). This case is merely the latest installment in Plaintiffs' attempt to circumvent a prior state court action. In August 2023, the Providence/Bristol County Superior Court entered judgment against Plaintiffs in a foreclosure proceeding, which Plaintiffs did not appeal. See Amos Fin. LLC v. Granados, No. PM-2022-00782 (R.I. Super. Ct.); see also Kowalski v. Gagne, 914 F.2d 299, 305 (1st Cir. 1990) ("It is well-accepted that federal courts may take judicial notice of proceedings in other courts if those proceedings have relevance to the matters at hand."). Thereafter, Plaintiffs asserted claims in this Court based on the same mortgage and foreclosure as the state court case, which the Court dismissed under the Rooker Feldman doctrine. See Text Order, Caceres, et al. v. U.S. Bank Trust Nat'l Ass'n, 22-cv-00097 (D.R.I. Mar. 15, 2024). Like the Court's previous holding, it now finds that it may not exercise jurisdiction over Plaintiffs' claims because they involve the same underlying facts, property, mortgage, and plaintiffs as the state court action; said differently, a judgment in favor of Plaintiffs would effectively reverse the state court's holding. See Klimowicz, 907 F.3d at 66 (dismissing claims because "plaintiff seeks to challenge the validity of both the foreclosure and mortgage assignment matters falling squarely within the compass of the state-court judgments"). Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES Plaintiffs' #1 Complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and DENIES Plaintiffs' #6 Motion as MOOT. So Ordered by District Judge William E. Smith on 7/29/2024. (Urizandi, Nissheneyra)
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| Filing 12 NOTICE from Mirca Benitez Caceres re: father's death. (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| Filing 11 REPLY to Response re: #9 Response to Motion, filed by Israel Caceres, Ramon Granados. (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| Filing 10 NOTICE by Israel Caceres, Ramon Granados (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Hill, Cherelle) |
| Filing 9 RESPONSE In Opposition to #6 Emergency MOTION for Priority on the List to Reestablish the Loan to be Able to Pay it in Full filed by U.S. Bank Trust National Association. Replies due by 7/25/2024. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Walsh, Thomas) |
| Filing 8 Addendum re: #7 Notice of Service as to Thomas J. Walsh, by Ramon Granados. (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| Filing 7 NOTICE of Service by Ramon Granados as to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Thomas J. Walsh. (Attachments: #1 Certified Mail Receipt as to U.S. Bank Trust National Association) (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| Filing 6 Emergency MOTION for Priority on the List to Reestablish the Loan to be Able to Pay it in Full filed by Ramon Granados. Responses due by 7/25/2024. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| Filing 5 NOTICE by Mirca Benitez (Hill, Cherelle) |
| Filing 4 Summons Issued as to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Thomas J. Walsh. (Attachments: #1 Summons Issued as to Walsh) (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| Filing 3 Summons Request as to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Thomas J. Walsh. (Attachments: #1 Summons Request as to Walsh) (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| Filing 2 CASE OPENING NOTICE ISSUED (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| Filing 1 COMPLAINT (filing fee paid $ 405.00 receipt number 100001537), filed by Ramon Granados. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Notice from Mirca B. Caceres, #4 Civil Cover Sheet) (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
| CASE CONDITIONALLY ASSIGNED to District Judge William E. Smith and Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan. Related Case Numbers 23cv133, 24cv115 based upon possible related cases previously was assigned to the presiding judge. The assignment is subject to the presiding judge's determination that the cases, in fact, are related. (Gonzalez Gomez, Viviana) |
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