Opinion ID: 72625
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Heading: Preliminary Statement and Jurisdiction

Text: 1. Plaintiff brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants deprived Plaintiff of its right under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to substantive due process and its right under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution not to have its property taken without just compensation. In the alternative, and without waiver of the foregoing, Defendant Escambia County violated Plaintiff's rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution by denying and delaying Plaintiff's application for a permit to develop Plaintiff's property resulting in an impermissible taking of Plaintiff's property without just compensation. 2. Jurisdiction in this Court is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and 28 U.S.C. § 1343.