Legal Opinion
Fincher v. South Bend Housing Authority
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided March 20, 2009No. 2:07-cv-00308PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PHILIP P. SIMON, District Judge.
Marshall Fincher was evicted from public housing and brought this lawsuit in state court against the South Bend Housing Authority under a variety of theories. The Housing Authority removed the case to federal court and it now presents reasons why it is entitled to summary judgment on each claim. But as the Housing Authority also points out, there is a preliminary jurisdictional question. Fincher’s federal complaint asks me to review the judgment resulting from his state court eviction proceeding and I am prevented from doing so by the…
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