Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Appleton
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 1994No. 92-4971PublishedCited by 598 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Senior Circuit Judge:
Regardless of whether a plaintiff is represented by a veteran attorney or, as in this civil case, proceeds pro se, a court must first determine whether it has proper subject matter jurisdiction before addressing the substantive issues. The district court dismissed Plaintiff Charles Taylor’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, but granted Taylor leave to amend within twenty days. The district court concluded that Taylor’s complaint did not allege facts giving the court subject matter jurisdiction. On that same day the district court denied…
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