Jimmy Lee Menifee v. Union Gospel Mission

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• concluding that plaintiff had forfeited a sovereign-immunity argument “by failing to raise [it] before the district court, and he ha[d] effectively waived the argument on appeal by not arguing under the rubric of plain error”
• recognizing that arguments not made before the district court are forfeited
• recognizing that arguments not made before the district court are forfeited
• explaining that “arguments that litigants fail to present before the district court” will be deemed forfeited on appeal
• recognizing there is no independent obligation to consider waived arguments in favor of jurisdiction
• noting that, ordinarily, arguments not raised before the district court are forfeited

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