Wollie Ammedie v. Sallie Mae, Inc.

Wollie Ammedie appeals pro se the district court’s order granting Sallie Mae’s Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for Ammedie’s failure to respond to the motion. Ammedie did not specify a cause of action in his complaint, which he filed in state court, but Sallie Mae removed the action to federal court, asserting federal question jurisdiction based on the complete preemption doctrine. According to Sallie Mae’s notice of removal, Ammedie’s “statement of claim,” which requested the return of his tax refund that Sallie Mae had intercepted for a student loan debt, was necessarily federal in…