Federal Home Loan Bank v. Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

ORDER OF REMAND

RICARDO S. MARTINEZ, District Judge.

I.INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle’s “Omnibus Motion to Remand.” Plaintiff (“FHLB Seattle” or “the Bank”) contends this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear this case. Defendants Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and related entities (“Defendants”) assert four bases for jurisdiction: (1) that FHLB Seattle’s charter confers federal jurisdiction over every action to which the Bank is a party; (2) that FHLB Seattle is a United States government “agency” subject to federal…