Michael C. Williams v. James Murphy, No. 16-2780 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Gruender, Arnold and Benton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. Appellant's notice of appeal failed to designate the order, judgment or part thereof he was appealing, and the appeal must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction - see Fed. R. App. P. 3(c)(1)(B).
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 16-2780 ___________________________ Metro Publishing Group, Inc. lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff Michael C. Williams lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. James W. Murphy; I B Property, LLC; Michael Ernest Boyd lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________ Submitted: April 18, 2017 Filed: April 18, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, ARNOLD, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. In this removed 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Michael Williams seeks to appeal after the district court1 dismissed his complaint and denied his motions for reconsideration. After careful review, we dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction because Williams’s notice of appeal did not designate the order, judgment, or part thereof that he was appealing. See Fed. R. App. P. 3(c)(1)(B) (notice of appeal must designate judgment, order, or part thereof being appealed); Smith v. Barry, 502 U.S. 244, 248 (1992) (Rule 3 requirements are jurisdictional). We also deny as moot Williams’s pending motions.2 ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Carol E. Jackson, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. 2 We note that to the extent that Williams attempted to assert a state-law claim, that claim was dismissed without prejudice. See Hassett v. Lemay Bank & Trust Co., 851 F.2d 1127, 1130 (8th Cir. 1988). -2-
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