Deutche Bank National Trust v. Helen Valencia Thomas, No. 17-1949 (4th Cir. 2017)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-1949 DEUTCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-1 Asset-backed Certificates, Series 2006-1, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. HELEN VALENCIA THOMAS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior District Judge. (3:17-cv-01649-CMC) Submitted: November 16, 2017 Decided: November 20, 2017 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and TRAXLER and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Helen Valencia Thomas, Appellant Pro Se. Travis Emil Menk, BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Helen Valencia Thomas has noted an appeal from the district court’s order remanding a removed foreclosure action to South Carolina state court. “[A] district court may remand a case sua sponte for lack of subject matter jurisdiction at any time, 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) [(2012)], and such an order is not reviewable, id. § 1447(d).” Doe v. Blair, 819 F.3d 64, 66-67 (4th Cir. 2016). The district court remanded Thomas’ removed action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, explaining that the complaint did not present a federal question and that diversity of citizenship was lacking. Because the district court remanded the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, we lack jurisdiction to review its order. Id. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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