Joseph Wayne Weddle v. Director, Patuxent Institution

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

In a suit purportedly under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343(3), seeking, inter alia, to obtain the return of, or reimbursement for, personal property of a value of $8.52, the district court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction of the subject matter and dismissed the complaint. We affirm.

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The district court dismissed the complaint without requiring the filing of an answer. We, therefore, accept as true, for purposes of this appeal, the allegations contained in several informal documents which, correctly, the district court treated…