Legal Opinion
Mains v. Citibank, N.A.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 29, 2017No. 16-1985PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Eric Mains has been battling the impending foreclosure of his home for quite some time. Most recently, he brought an action in federal court raising various state and federal law theories, related primarily to alleged fraudulent activity by the defendants. But the state courts resolved these matters long before he turned to the federal court. Mindful of our limited jurisdiction and the need to respect the finality of state-court judgments, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of this case.
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Mains executed a mortgage on his home with Washington Mutual (“WAMU”) in December…
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