Legal Opinion
Davis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2007No. 06-4514PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed John J. Davis’s complaint due to the lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Davis had sought a declaratory judgment to determine the amount of financial support that he owes to his wife, from whom he is legally separated, under an Affidavit of Support that the government required him to file on her behalf when she immigrated to the United States from Ukraine. This suit came after a state court in Ohio enforced the Affidavit by obligating Davis to pay his wife monthly support. But Davis contends that his cause of action stems…
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