Michael Harasyn v. Gregory Krause, No. 14-3171 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - Civil rights. Dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction affirmed without comment. [ April 07, 2015
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-3171 ___________________________ Michael Joseph Harasyn, lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Gregory Edward Krause; Kathleen Anne Krause; Betsy Lou Harasyn, lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis ____________ Submitted: April 3, 2015 Filed: April 8, 2015 [Unpublished] ____________ Before BYE, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Michael Harasyn appeals the district court’s1 dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of his pro se complaint claiming his rights were violated in prior divorce and child-custody proceedings in state court. Upon consideration of Harasyn’s arguments on appeal, and upon careful de novo review of the district court’s dismissal, see Edwards v. City of Jonesboro, 645 F.3d 1014, 1017 (8th Cir. 2011), we agree with the district court that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction, see Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp., 544 U.S. 280, 284 (2005), and we find nothing improper in the proceedings below, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Minn. Majority v. Manksy, 708 F.3d 1051, 1056 (8th Cir. 2013). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Michael J. Davis, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Franklin L. Noel, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota. -2-
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