Linda Cone Selensky v. Mobile Infirmary

221 F. App'x 814

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: March 9, 2007
• Docket: 06-13763
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Linda Cone Selensky, acting pro se, appeals the dismissal without prejudice of her civil action against Mobile Infirmary, a group of doctors, Coleman American Moving, Inc., and an entity called GallagherBassett, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

In order for a federal district court to have jurisdiction over a claim, a plaintiff must show, on the face of the complaint, either complete diversity of citizenship or that a “substantial” issue of federal law is raised by the claim. See Dunlap v. G & L Holding Group, Inc., 381 F.3d 1285, 1290 (11th Cir.2004) (citations omitted). Because Selensky’s claims were based on allegations of tortious and fraudulent conduct by private actors within her state of residence, and because she did not plead facts sufficient to demonstrate complete diversity of citizenship among the parties or to state a claim involving a substantial question of federal law, the district court did not err in dismissing the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Accordingly, we affirm.

AFFIRMED.