Court Opinion

ID: 30709
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2010-04-25 09:58:03+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:38:20.047468
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                      _______________________

                              No. 02-41391
                            Summary Calendar

                      _______________________

                            JOHN T. HILLIS,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                   versus

                           KYLES S. MORRISON,

                                                       Defendant-Appellee.

_________________________________________________________________

           Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Eastern District of Texas
                           (2:02-CV-207)
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                             March 18, 2003

Before JONES, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM, Circuit Judge:*

          The   district   court    dismissed   this    legal   malpractice

action for want of federal subject matter jurisdiction.               This

dismissal was plainly correct because Hillis does not allege

diverse citizenship between him and attorney Kyle Morrision nor

does he allege a sufficient amount in controversy.

     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
          The appeal is frivolous, see Fifth Civ. Local Rule 42.2,

and must be DISMISSED.

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