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Parties Involved:
Samar Akins
Appellant
Keith Morris
Appellee
Michael Wilson
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1144

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Samar Akins

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Michael Wilson; Keith Morris, doing business as Morris Enterprises

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln

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 Submitted: March 25, 2015

Filed: April 1, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Samar Akins appeals the district court’s preservice dismissal, without 1

prejudice, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. Upon careful de novo review, we

The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District 1

of Nebraska.

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conclude that the district court’s dismissal was proper. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3)

(requiring dismissal if court determines at any time that it lacks subject matter

jurisdiction); Hart v. United States, 630 F.3d 1085, 1088 (8th Cir. 2011) (dismissal

for lack of subject matter jurisdiction reviewed de novo); see also Bilal v. Kaplan,

904 F.2d 14, 15 (8th Cir. 1990) (per curiam) (jurisdiction must affirmatively appear

clearly and distinctly in complaint; mere suggestion of federal question is not

sufficient to establish jurisdiction).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 

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