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United States Court of Appeals
                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                       ____________
No. 23-7164                                                  September Term, 2023
                                                                        1:23-cv-02978-UNA
                                                        Filed On: March 22, 2024
Derrick Allen,

                 Appellant

       v.

North Carolina Department of Employment
Security Commission,

                 Appellee

            ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       BEFORE:         Henderson, Millett, and Walker, Circuit Judges

                                      JUDGMENT

        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). It is

       ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s order entered November
30, 2023 be affirmed. The district court properly dismissed appellant’s case without
prejudice for failure to establish a basis for federal jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P.
12(h)(3) (“If the court determines at any time that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, the
court must dismiss the action.”). The district court correctly concluded that the
complaint did not establish diversity of citizenship jurisdiction, and appellant has not
challenged the district court’s conclusion that his unelaborated and factually
unsupported passing reference to “cruel and unusual punishment” was insufficient to
establish federal-question jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332.
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-7164                                                September Term, 2023

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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.

                                       Per Curiam

                                                         FOR THE COURT:
                                                         Mark J. Langer, Clerk

                                                 BY:     /s/
                                                         Michael C. McGrail
                                                         Deputy Clerk

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