Case Name: Michael Lee HASTEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George W. BUSH, Jr. President of the United States; John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General; Larry Combest, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-14
Citations: 100 F. App'x 319
Docket Number: No. 03-11086
Parties: Michael Lee HASTEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George W. BUSH, Jr. President of the United States; John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General; Larry Combest, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 100
Pages: 319–320

Head Matter:
Michael Lee HASTEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George W. BUSH, Jr. President of the United States; John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General; Larry Combest, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 03-11086.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided June 14, 2004.
Michael Lee Hastey, Lorenzo, TX, pro se.
Edwin Scott Frost, Lubbock, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Michael Lee Hastey appeals the dismissal of his complaint pursuant to a Fed. R.CivP. 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. We AFFIRM.
"[Bjefore a federal court can consider the merits of a legal claim, the person seeking to invoke jurisdiction of the court must establish the requisite standing to sue." Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149, 154-55, 110 S.Ct. 1717, 109 L.Ed.2d 135 (1990). To establish standing, a plaintiff must show, inter alia, that he has suffered an "injury in fact" that is concrete and particularized and actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical. McClure v. Ashcroft, 335 F.3d 404, 409 (5th Cir.2003). A plaintiff cannot establish standing simply by claiming an interest in governmental observance of the Constitution, he must set forth instead a particular and concrete injury to a personal constitutional right. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc., 454 U.S. 464, 482, 102 S.Ct. 752, 70 L.Ed.2d 700 (1982). Hastey has failed to identify how the enactment of animal-rights legislation has interfered with his constitutional rights. He thus has failed to meet his burden of establishing standing. See Valley Forge, 454 U.S. at 482, 102 S.Ct. 752; see also Ramming v. United States, 281 F.3d 158, 161 (5th Cir.2001) (the party asserting jurisdiction bears the burden of proof). The district court did not err by granting the defendants' motion to dismiss. See Hebert v. United States, 53 F.3d 720, 722 (5th Cir.1995) (grant of a Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) motion for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is reviewed de novo).
Although he alleges judicial bias, Hastey has not identified any ruling by the court, other than the grant of the motion to dismiss, in support of his claim. Adverse judicial rulings will support a claim of bias only if they reveal an opinion based on an extrajudicial source or if they demonstrate such a high degree of antagonism as to make fair judgment impossible. See Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 555, 114 S.Ct. 1147, 127 L.Ed.2d 474 (1994). Hastey has not shown that either situation applies here. Because we AFFIRM the dismissal of the complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, we do not address Hastey's argument that the animal-rights legislation at issue violates the Constitution.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.