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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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CEDRIC GREENE, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

JOANNE DELGADO, 

 Defendant - Appellee.

No. 19-1485

(D.C. No. 1:19-CV-03287-LTB)

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ORDER

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Before MATHESON, BACHARACH, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

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This matter is before the court on the appellant’s Certified Response to the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Entry of Appearance (the “Response”). The 

Response was filed to answer the question posed in our December 27, 2019 order to show 

cause, which was whether this appeal should be dismissed as prohibited by the filing 

restrictions stated in Greene v. Sprint Nextel Corporation, 750 F. App’x 661, 666-67 

(10th Cir. Sept. 20, 2018). Upon consideration, we have determined that the issues 

presented in this appeal are covered by the filing restrictions entered against Mr. Greene 

and that this appeal should be dismissed.

Mr. Greene has been enjoined “from filing an appeal in this court that. . .argues or 

asserts a federal district court or this court should waive subject-matter jurisdiction.”

Sprint Nextel, 750 F. App’x at 666-67. In his Motion for Leave to File a Civil Complaint 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 16, 2020

Christopher M. Wolpert

Clerk of Court

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in the District of Colorado that was filed as the initial document in the case below, Mr. 

Greene asserts claims against a defendant who is not subject to the jurisdiction of, and 

about events not having any material connection to, the State of Colorado. See Dist. Ct. 

Case No. 19-CV-3287, Docket No. 1 (discussing “Federal Caseworker” located in and 

events occurring in California). In the Response, Mr. Greene contends that that 

jurisdiction is proper in the District of Colorado because the state where the “Federal 

Official” is located is an “untrustworthy state” and because he learned about the federal 

official’s alleged malfeasance while visiting Colorado. Neither of these arguments is 

valid basis for the District of Colorado to waive the jurisdictional limitations on the

federal district courts. 

In light of the foregoing, we have concluded that Mr. Greene’s appeal falls 

squarely within the filing restrictions provided in Sprint Nextel. Therefore, this appeal is 

dismissed. This dismissal is the appellant’s third in January 2020 based on the filing 

restrictions, so we again caution Mr. Greene that the court may consider imposing 

additional filing restrictions on his ability to litigate in this court if he persists in filing 

cases outside the federal courts’ jurisdictional limitations. The mandate shall issue 

forthwith.

Entered for the Court

CHRISTOPHER M. WOLPERT, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

 Counsel to the Clerk

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