Kasib Tauheed Bilal v. Philip E. Kaplan, Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas

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• affirming dismissal of case for failure to state 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim when plaintiff sued private attorney for failing to be available to plaintiff before trial and failing to appear in court
• “The mere suggestion of a federal question is not sufficient to establish the jurisdiction of federal courts.”
• “The conduct of counsel, either retained or appointed, in representing clients, does not constitute action under color of state law for purposes of a section 1983 violation.”
• “The conduct of counsel, either retained or appointed, in representing clients, does not constitute action under color of state law for purposes of a section 1983 violation.”
• The mere suggestion of a federal question is not sufficient to establish the jurisdiction of federal courts; rather, the federal court’s jurisdiction must affirmatively appear clearly and distinctly.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).