Legal Opinion

Wenegieme v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 16, 2016No. 15-214-cvUnpublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUMMARY ORDER

Appellant Celestine Wenegieme, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing his complaint for lack of jurisdiction pursuant .to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Wenegieme sued Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and attorneys involved in the foreclosure sale of property that he and his sister owned in Maryland. He alleged that the sale was unlawful because his sister had filed for bankruptcy and the sale violated the automatic stay. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.

We review de novo…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Frank X. Losacco v. City of Middletown, Sebastian J. Garafalo, George Aylward, Joseph Bibisi, John Chowaniec, and Relford WardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
  4. Gerstenbluth v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLCCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gomez v. Kehilas Bais YisroelDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2021
  2. Nowakowski v. New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016

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