Arlene Anne Townsend v. Rubin Schron

The Estate of Arlene Anne Townsend (the “Estate”) petitioned the Middle District of Florida for a writ of mandamus as part of the Estate’s ongoing efforts to compel the district’s bankruptcy court to remand a pending motion to the Florida state court system. The district court denied the Estate’s petition for this “extraordinary remedy.” After full consideration of the parties’ arguments, we conclude for the reasons discussed below that the petition was properly denied and that the decision of the district court is due to be AFFIRMED.

I. Background

Although the full history of this litigation…