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Parties Involved:
Avera McKennan Hospital
Appellee
Erin Eiler
Appellant
Treating Medical Personnel
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 16-1979

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Erin Jessica Eiler,

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

Avera McKennan Hospital; Treating Medical Personnel,

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees.

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls

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 Submitted: December 27, 2016

Filed: January 4, 2017

[Unpublished]

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Before COLLOTON, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Erin Eiler appeals the district court’s dismissal of her pro se complaint 1

alleging medical malpractice, libel, and slander. Upon careful review, we find no

The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, United States District Judge for the

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District of South Dakota.

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basis for reversal because, among other reasons, we agree with the district court that

it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1); Key Med. Supply,

Inc. v. Burwell, 764 F.3d 955, 961 (8th Cir. 2014) (de novo review), as Eiler did not

raise a question of federal law or cite to a federal statute, see 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and

did not allege an amount in controversy sufficient for diversity jurisdiction, see 28

U.S.C. § 1332. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed. See 8th

Cir. R. 47B.

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