SULT
v.
PRISON HEALTH SERVICES POLK COUNTY JAIL

M.D. Fla. | 1992-11-09
No. 92-266-Civ-T-17C
Ginsburg, Pillard, Tatel
671 F. App'x 807 District Court, M.D. Florida (1992)

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Holding

The district court properly affirmed its lack of subject-matter jurisdiction because it cannot review decisions by another District Judge and the claims were frivolous. The district court also did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion for relief from judgment.


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[1] Federal courts lack subject-matter jurisdiction over claims that are constitutionally insubstantial, frivolous, or without merit.

[2] Judges are immune from suit for actions taken in their judicial capacity.

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Reasoning for affirming the district court's lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

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Appellant appealed orders from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The district court had previously determined it lacked s…

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and on the brief and appendix filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s orders filed September 29, 2015, and December 2, 2015, be affirmed. The district court properly concluded that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction because it cannot review decisions made by another District Judge, and because appellant’s claims were patently frivolous. See Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 528, 536-37, 94 S.Ct. 1372, 39 L.Ed.2d 577 (1974) (federal courts lack subject-matter jurisdiction to hear claims that are “constitutionally insubstantial,” such as claims that are “essentially fictitious, wholly insubstantial, obviously frivolous, [or] obviously without merit”) (internal quotations and citations omitted); see also Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 356, 98 S.Ct. 1099, 55 L.Ed.2d 331 (1978) (judges acting in their judicial capacity are immune from suit, even when such acts are alleged to be in excess of authority, malicious or corrupt); Roth v. King, 449 F. 3d 1272, 1286 (D.C. Cir. 2006). Further, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant’s motion for relief from judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(3). See Summers v. Howard, Univ., 374 F. 3d 118, 192 (D.C. Cir. 2004).

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. *808See Fed. R. App. P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.


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