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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 23-7166 September Term, 2024

1:23-cv-02329-JMC

Filed On: October 2, 2024

Won Suk Seo, Susan Property Management,

Foreign Entity, et al.,

Appellees

v.

Janet Hill,

Appellant

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Wilkins, Rao, and Walker, Circuit Judges

J U D G M E N T

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.

34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). It is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s November 6, 2023 denial of

leave to file a motion to reopen be affirmed. The district court remanded the case

because removal is proper only “to the district court of the United States for the district

and division embracing the place where such action is pending,” 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a),

and it denied appellant’s two motions for reconsideration on the ground that she had

not provided a legal basis to reconsider that ruling. Because appellant’s subsequent

motion to reopen the case offered no new basis for reconsidering the court’s remand

order, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to file. See Berry v.

District of Columbia, 833 F.2d 1031, 1037 n.24 (D.C. Cir. 1987) (noting a “trial court’s

decisions with respect to the management of its docket are normally entitled to

deference”). 

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 23-7166 September Term, 2024

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk

is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.

P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk 

BY: /s/

Daniel J. Reidy 

Deputy Clerk

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