No. 22-6757

In Re Louis Matthew Clements

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2023-02-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure claim-preclusion diversity-jurisdiction federal-common-law full-and-fair-opportunity manifest-injustice res-judicata writ-of-mandamus
Latest Conference: 2023-04-14
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to comply with this Courts previous ruling in Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., which held that "federal common law governs the claim-preclusive effect of a dismissal by a federal court sitting in diversity, " and that federal common law should be derived from "the law that would be applied by state courts in the State in which the federal diversity court sits. " 531 U.S. 497, 508 (2001)..?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to comply with this Court's previous ruling in Semtek

Docket Entries

2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-01-19
Petition for a writ of mandamus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2023)

Attorneys

In re: Clements
Louis Matthew Clements — Petitioner