District of Columbia· 11/14/2007

Bush v. Butler

Citations

521 F. Supp. 2d 63
2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83752
2007 WL 3357144

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dismissing civil conspiracy claim because “plaintiff merely concludes that there was an agreement among the defendants to deprive him of access to the courts”
dismissing conspiracy claim because the complaint “provid[ed] no description of the persons involved in the agreement, the nature of the agreement, [or] what particular acts were taken to form the conspiracy”
dismissing conspiracy claim where plaintiff’s allegation of an agreement “provide[d] no description of the [specific] persons involved in the agreement, the nature of the agreement, [or] what particular acts were taken to form the conspiracy”
“A federal district court does not have federal question jurisdiction over state law torts.”
“For jurisdiction to exist under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, there must be complete diversity between the parties, which is to say that the plaintiff may not be a citizen of the same state as any defendant.”
“For jurisdiction to exist under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, there must be complete diversity between the parties, which is to say that the plaintiff may not be a citizen of the same state as any defendant.”

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Judges: Paul L. Friedman

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