Legal Opinion
Painter v. Whitley
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 15, 1988No. Civ. A. No. 87-5434PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation. No written objections thereto have been filed. For the following reasons, the Court DISMISSES plaintiff’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
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