Swiatkowski v. Citibank

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• holding that “to the extent that plaintiff claims she was aggrieved by the state court’s ruling, the proper venue to challenge that decision was by appeal in the state court – not in federal court.”
• explaining that state court Final Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale is adjudication on the merits in satisfaction of the first requirement of res judicata
• taking judicial notice of filings from plaintiffs’ bankruptcy proceedings in action arising from foreclosure judgment in state court
• declining to “retain jurisdiction over any remaining state law claims plaintiff is attempting to assert given the absence of any federal claims that survive[]” after dismissing plaintiff’s federal claims
• the plaintiffs’ claims were barred because they were based on “the allegation that [the] defendants improperly obtained a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale.”
• the plaintiffs’ RICO claims were barred because they were based on “the allegation that [the] defendants improperly obtained a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale.”

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