Legal Opinion
Wallis v. Fifth Third Bank
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 22, 2011No. 11-1181PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Scott Wallis, senior pastor and trustee of All Nations Worship Center in Elgin, Illinois, and former president of a children’s furniture retailer called USA Baby, Inc., brought this suit challenging a state mortgage-foreclosure case against All Nations Worship Center and an involuntary-bankruptcy action against USA Baby. The district court dismissed the suit at screening. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Because this suit impermissibly seeks review of state-court rulings and otherwise duplicates a pending federal suit, we affirm the judgment but clarify that the dismissal is without…
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