Legal Opinion
Gambino v. Rubenfeld
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 5, 2002No. CV 01-1300(ADS)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
The plaintiff pro se commenced this action pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and New York Judiciary Law § 487. Presently before the Court is the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1).
BACKGROUND
This dispute concerns the nonpayment of legal fees owed to the defendant by the plaintiff, whom the defendant represented in a divorce proceeding from 1986 to 1989. That proceeding culminated in the plaintiff being granted a Judgment…
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