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Date Created: 2023-02-06 19:00:45.576863+00
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Case: 22-20348         Document: 00516635815             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/06/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit                                        United States Court of Appeals
                                      ____________                                       Fifth Circuit

                                                                                       FILED
                                       No. 22-20348                             February 6, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar                             Lyle W. Cayce
                                     ____________                                      Clerk

   John T. Morris,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   State of Texas; Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas;
   John B. Scott, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of
   Texas,

                                               Defendants—Appellees.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:21-CV-3456
                      ______________________________

   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          John T. Morris filed a pro se civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983,
   asserting that partisan gerrymandering of his congressional district and
   dishonest media coverage violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment
   rights and seeking injunctive relief. Morris appeals the district court’s

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-20348      Document: 00516635815          Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/06/2023

                                    No. 22-20348

   Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) dismissal of his complaint without
   prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
          Our review is de novo. See Griener v. United States, 900 F.3d 700, 703
   (5th Cir. 2018). Morris has not met his burden of showing that he has raised
   justiciable claims. See Rucho v. Common Cause, 139 S. Ct. 2484, 2493-2508
   (2019); Abbott v. Perez, 138 S. Ct. 2305, 2324 (2018); Mi Familia Vota v.
   Abbott, 977 F.3d 461, 469-70 (5th Cir. 2020). As such, we need not reach
   Morris’s challenge to the district court’s alternative finding that the
   defendants are entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity.
          AFFIRMED.

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