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231051P.pdf 03/28/2024 Atif Bhatti v. Fed. Housing Finance Agency
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 23-1051
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Smith and Stras, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. For the court's
prior opinion in the case see Bhatt v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, 15
F.4th 848 (8th Cir. 2021). The district court dismissed the remanded
matter for failure to state a claim, and plaintiffs appeal. Former
President Trump's post-presidency letter expressing displeasure with the
Director of the agency did not satisfy the hypothetical cases of harm
which might be actionable as set out in Collins v. Yellen, 141 S. Ct. 1761
(2021); nor did the district court err in finding that plaintiffs'
purported circumstantial evidence of harm was speculative and failed to
plausibly state a claim for relief. Judge Stras, concurring in part and
concurring in the judgment.