Jack Collins, III v. Dakota County District Court, No. 11-2411 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil Case - civil rights. Dismissal of civil rights complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is summarily affirmed.
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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 11-2411 ___________ Jack Collins III, Appellant, v. Dakota County District Court, Appellee. * * * * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the * District of Minnesota. * * [UNPUBLISHED] * ___________ Submitted: October 12, 2011 Filed: October 20, 2011 ___________ Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Jack Collins III appeals the district court s1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. After careful de novo review, see Great Rivers Habitat Alliance v. FEMA, 615 F.3d 985, 988 (8th Cir. 2010), we conclude that dismissal was proper for the reasons the district court stated, see Harris v. Mo. Court of Appeals, 787 F.2d 427, 429 (8th Cir. 1986) (state courts possess 1 The Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United States District Court Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Arthur J. Boylan, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota. Eleventh Amendment immunity from § 1983 suit). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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