WPC HMyjóQZ :ʲj<&$"1ڋ`N'jޒ^@[#3 6(4#K+4g`S,-d̝ڜ%gFNUyg]&֝, "b`5ss@NJ5TC]L@}X0no{\wxj$EB{G^3K XQ# 0c d6JD$ps3!{4 kƨm"oVM;UՊS]R{(՝$hm v[#tP^[`s˩|T {?O%:oaoɃ*zslf ZyTA񁞇aق>LM+[g.W( 6VLV`A^.Osn#Y!oF]Ƙ~9IW oG ߱d2'[L;0QS?#rUN3 % 0(U:w4 mN)^ +s7b 0 0Da  "gb(0x9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX($' `"CG Times 12ptz, l'3|xUō,L  i $   XX 8   2    _Ԁ Second (InreAgentOrangeProd._Liab_._Litig_.,996F.2d1425,1431 `  (2dCir.1993)); Sixth (_Bylinski_Ԁv.CityofAllenPark,169F.3d1001,1003(6th )  Cir.1999));Sablev.Gen.MotorsCorp.,90F.3d171,175(6thCir.1996));    Seventh (InreVMS_Secs_._Litig_.,103F.3d1317,1324(7thCir.1996)); Eighth   [ (_Xiong_Ԁv.StateofMinnesota,195F.3d424,426(8thCir.1999)). (c(2$ !     XX 8   0  (#$  0    $   XX 8   3    _Ԁ Ninth (WestinghouseElec.Corp.v.Newman&_Holtzinger_,P.C., `  992F.2d932,937(9thCir.1993)); Tenth (_Hillman_Ԁv._Webley_,115F.3d1461, )  1469(10thCir.1997)); Eleventh (theunderlyingcaseinthisPetition).Itshould   benotedthatanearlierdecisionofthe Seventh Circuit,InreCounty  [ Collector,96F.3d890,90203(7thCir.1996),appearstorejectthisuseofthe  $ AllWritsAct,althoughitsvitalityisquestionableaftertheInreVMS_Secs_. M  _Litig_.decision.  $   XX 8   1    _ԀInthiscategorywouldbeincludedadecisionfromthe Third  `  Circuit(Davisv._Glanton_,107F.3d1044,1047(3dCir.1997),cert.denied,522 )  U.S.859(1997)(holdingthatuseoftheAllWritsActinprovidingremoval   jurisdictionwaspermissible,althoughcircumstancesofthecasedidnot  [ justifyit));andthe Fifth Circuit(Texasv.RealPartiesinInterest,259F.3d  $ 387,395(5thCir.2001)(sameholding)).  `  ` ( )QUESTIONS PRESENTED !  _e   ` <@2No.01757 _ @$INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES S @/__________________ M @)_SYNGENTA_ԀCROPPROTECTION,INC., A  @ii)ROBERT_RABB_,_EDEE_ԀTEMPLET,and ;  @0KENNETHA._DEVUN_Ԉ 5  @3Petitioners /   @UU7v. #  @SS1HURLEYHENSON,   @3Respondent   @/__________________   @%OnPetitionforaWritofCertiorarito  @ii'theUnitedStatesCourtofAppeals  @,fortheEleventhCircuit  @zz0________________  @0 BRIEFINSUPPORT | @-ONBEHALFOFRESPONDENT  v @zz0________________ p  8      @ DavidJ._Bederman_ X  8      @ CounselofRecord  R  8      @ _Gambrell_ԀHall !L  8      @ Atlanta,Georgia303222770 z"  8      @ (404)7276822 C#   8      @ _Hany_ԀA._Zohdy_ $p "  8      @ OfCounsel %j!#  8      @ SuiteJ &d"$  8      @ 12090South_Harrell_sFerryRoad '-#%  8      @ BatonRouge,Louisiana70816 [(#&  8      @ (225)2935300 $)$'  8      @ AttorneysforRespondent  *&) < <` e`  <  8}(XXdd8=  @* > QUESTIONPRESENTEDFORREVIEW    DoestheAllWritsAct,28U.S.C.1651(a),grantfederaldistrict   courtstheoriginaljurisdictionrequiredunder28U.S.C.1441to  permitremovalofcasesthatwouldotherwisebeineligiblefor  removal?     = @0BRIEFINSUPPORT "  @-ONBEHALFOFRESPONDENT     8 L 8 Respondent,HurleyHenson,respectfullysubmitsthisbrief   insupportofthePetitionintheabovecaptionedcase.Thereisa  manifestdivisioninauthorityonwhetherfederaldistrictcourtsmay  employtheAllWritsAct,18U.S.C.1651(a),asabasisfor  removaljurisdiction,intheabsenceofanyothergroundsfororiginal  jurisdiction.Thesplitinthecircuitsiswelldocumentedand   notorious,andtheunderlyingissueisofgreatimportancetothe   operationofthefederalcourts.Respondentispreparedtofully   defendthedecisionoftheEleventhCircuit,inalignmentwiththree   otherCircuits,thatsuchauseoftheAllWritsActismanifestly   improper.   @* COUNTERSTATEMENTOFTHECASE  X6  8 Petitionersprovideanaccurateaccountoftheprior  proceedingsinthiscase,atleastasrelevanttotheAllWritsAct  rulingoftheEleventhCircuit.Respondentwould,however,dispute  Petitionerscharacterizationoftheeventsgivingrisetothedistrict   courtsawardofsanctionsagainstAttorney_Hany_Ԁ_Zohdy_Ԁinthis ! case.Despitethedistrictcourtsrulingthat_Zohdy_Ԁattemptedto "  thwartthesettlementagreementreachedearlierinfederalcourtby # initiatinganunrelatedstateproceeding,seePet.App.16a,itisbyno $ meansclearthat_that_Ԁwas,infact,eitherhisintentionorpurpose. % Indeed,giventhatclasscounselmadenoeffortstodismissthe & HensonactionandthatPetitionerssoughtremovaloftheproceeding ' onlyfouryearsaftertheostensiblesettlement,ishighlysuggestive (~ thatneithersideinitiallyregardedtheHensonproceedingasbeing "  whollybarredbythesettlement.    8 Moresignificantly,itisdoubtfulthatthedistrictcourt,as a ? affirmedbytheEleventhCircuit,hadthejurisdictiontosanction [9 Zohdyinthisproceedingforviolatinganearliersettlement.Thisis U3 especiallysosinceZohdywasnotclasscounselintheearlier O- proceedingandwasnotchargedinthesettlementstipulationwiththe I' dutyofeffectuatingtheagreement.SeePet.App.5a6a. C! Respondentintendstoseekreview,bywayofaconditionalCross = Petition,ofthisaspectoftheEleventhCircuitsruling.But, 7  otherwise,RespondentconcursthattheAllWritsActissuedecided 1  bytheEleventhCircuitmeritsthisCourtsplenaryreview. +  @( REASONSFORGRANTINGTHEPETITION     8 1.Respondenttakestheexceptionalstepofsupportingthis ? Petitionbecauseitismanifestthatthereisaclearschismincircuit 9 authorityontheuseoftheAllWritsAct,28U.S.C.1651(a),as 3 ameanstograntthefederalcourtsremovaljurisdictionwhereit -  otherwisewouldnotexist.Thespecificcontextofthiscaseis,of ' course,theproprietyofdistrictcourtsassertingjurisdictioninstate !  filedproceedings,inordertoenforcesettlementagreements ! previouslyenteredintobyfederalcourts.Thisappearstobethe " mostcommonscenarioinwhichfederalcourtsareattemptingto # bootstraptheirremovaljurisdiction,butitisbynomeanstheonly  $ one.SeeJoanSteinman,TheNewestFrontierofJudicial % Activism:RemovalUndertheAllWritsAct,80B.U.L.Rev.773, % 794812(2000);LonnySheinkopfHoffman,RemovalJurisdiction & andtheAllWritsAct,148U.Pa.L.Rev.401,40832(1999) ' (bothcollectingcases). ( _ 8 AstheEleventhCircuitacknowledgedinthedecisionbelow, "  seePet.App.8a10a,thereisacavernoussplitinthecircuitsonthis   question.Evenaftereliminatingcertaincaseswheretherulingsare   doubtfuloraredicta, #  1      ׀thatleavesacleardivisioninprecedent,with  fourCircuitsrulingthattheAllWritsActprovidestheoriginal   jurisdictionneededforremoval, F #  2      ׀andthreeCircuitsrejectingsuch  atheory.  #  3      ׀Indeed,sincetheSecondCircuitinitiatedthis   unconventionaluseoftheAllWritsAct,seeHoffman,supra,at  415,withYonkersRacingCorp.v.CityofYonkers,858F.2d855  (2dCir.1988);thisdivergenceinpracticeamongthefederalcourts   ofappealshasbeenwidening,notclosing.    8 2.RespondentcertainlyconcurswithPetitionersthatthe +  issueraisedhereisimportant,withinthemeaningofthisCourts %  considerationsforthegrantofcertiorariinS.Ct.R.10(a).SeePet. "  1415.Respondentwould,however,submitthattheEleventh   Circuitsdecision"andthoseoftheothercourtsofappealsthat   haverejectedtheextendedapplicationoftheAllWritsActto  inappropriatelybroadenremovaljurisdiction"properlyreflectsthis   Courtsjurisprudenceandstrikestherightbalancebetween  respectingtheintegrityoffederaljudgments,while,atthesametime,  preservingstatecourtjurisdictionfromunauthorizedremovals.   8 ThisCourthasconsistentlyreiteratedthatremovalunder28 = U.S.C.1441isonlypossiblewhereacase originallycouldhave 7  beenfiledinfederalcourt.Caterpillar,Inc.v.Williams,482U.S. 1  386,392(1987).Moreover,theAllWritsActsgrantofauthority +   necessaryorappropriateinaid[offederalcourt]jurisdiction[],28 %  U.S.C.1651(a),hasneverbeenregardedasanindependentbasis   forfederalsubjectmatterjurisdiction.TheAllWritsActthus   cannot,byitself,supplyoriginaljurisdictionwhereitdoesnot  otherwiseexist.SeeClintonv.Goldsmith,526U.S.529,53435   (1999);PennsylvaniaBureauofCorr.v.UnitedStatesMarshals  Serv.,474U.S.34,40(1985).   8 Theseconclusionsareallconsistentwiththehistoryand F$ purposeoftheAllWritsAct.Norecoursetoplumbingmetaphors @ oftheActas jurisdictionalcaulk...plug[ging]thecracksinfederal :  jurisdiction,Pet.App.11a(citingUnitedStatesv.NewYorkTel. 4! Co.,434U.S.159,17273(1977),forthis broadviewofthe ."  Act),willsanctionwhatisotherwiseanimpermissiblywide (# expansionoffederaljurisdictionattheexpenseofstatecourts.As "$ theEleventhCircuitobserved,Pet.App.11a,sucha re % equilibrating[ofthe]federalstatebalanceisCongressstomake. & Respondentlooksforwardtojoiningissueonthesequestionsshould ' theCourt,initswiseexerciseofjurisdiction,grantreviewhere.  ( Ї@3 CONCLUSION  "   8 ThePetitionforWritofCertiorarishouldbegranted.    L 8     Respectfullysubmitted, 6  8      @ DavidJ.Bederman *  8      @ CounselofRecord $  8      @ GambrellHall   8      @ Atlanta,Georgia303222770    8      @ (404)7276822    8      @ HanyA.Zohdy B   8      @ OfCounsel <   8      @ SuiteJ 6  8      @ 12090SouthHarrellsFerryRoad   8      @ BatonRouge,Louisiana70816   8      @ (225)2935300 o  8      @ AttorneysforRespondent T2 December2001