Case Name: Benny Matthew GOVER, Appellant v. PRESIDENT, REPRESENTING the EXECUTIVE BRANCH, et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-08-03
Citations: 427 F. App'x 14
Docket Number: No. 11-5025
Parties: Benny Matthew GOVER, Appellant v. PRESIDENT, REPRESENTING the EXECUTIVE BRANCH, et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 427
Pages: 14–15

Head Matter:
Benny Matthew GOVER, Appellant v. PRESIDENT, REPRESENTING the EXECUTIVE BRANCH, et al., Appellees.
No. 11-5025.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Aug. 3, 2011.
Benny Matthew Gover, Washington, DC, pro se.
R. Craig Lawrence, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Washington, DC, for Appellees.
BEFORE: SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and GARLAND and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM.
This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C.Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing and the "motion for petition to the Supreme Court," it is
ORDERED that the "motion for petition to the Supreme Court" be denied. It is
FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court's order filed December 7, 2010, be affirmed. The district court properly dismissed appellant's complaint for lack of jurisdiction. The district courts of the United States are "courts of limited jurisdiction . possessing] only that power authorized by Constitution and statute...." Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 511 U.S. 375, 377, 114 S.Ct. 1673, 128 L.Ed.2d 391 (1994) (internal citations omitted). The district courts have jurisdiction over civil actions presenting a "federal question" under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The district courts also have jurisdiction in "diversity" cases, when the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000 and the lawsuit is between citizens of different U.S. states or between U.S. citizens and foreign citizens or foreign states. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. In this case, the appellant failed to establish the district court had either federal question jurisdiction or diversity jurisdiction.
Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R.App. P. 41(b); D.C.Cir. Rule 41.