John Howard, Sr. v. Starsha Sewell, No. 14-1766 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1766 JOHN HOWARD, SR., Plaintiff – Appellee, v. STARSHA SEWELL, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, Senior District Judge. (8:14-cv-02205-DKC) Submitted: November 14, 2014 Decided: November 25, 2014 Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Starsha Sewell, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Starsha Sewell appeals the district court remanding this removed action to state court for lack of jurisdiction. order remanding a case to state court is generally An not reviewable on appeal or otherwise. 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) (2012). The the Supreme Court has limited scope of § 1447(d), prohibiting appellate review of remand orders based on a defect in the removal procedure or lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co., 517 U.S. 706, 711-12 (1996); see 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) (2012). on lack of dispute. subject matter Accordingly, jurisdiction. we In this case, remand was based jurisdiction dismiss over the a appeal child for custody lack of We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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