Lawrence v. Goldberg
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Chief Judge:
Appellant Stephan Jay Lawrence, appearing pro se, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his civil suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Barton v. Barbour, 104 U.S. 126, 26 L.Ed. 672 (1881) (“the Barton doctrine”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The present appeal arises out of events occurring in connection with Lawrence’s ongoing Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding, which has been the subject of litigation before the bankruptcy court in the Southern District of Florida since 1997.
Lawrence, an options trader, incurred a large margin…
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