Legal Opinion
Kimberly G. McLaughlin v. James Cotner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1999No. 98-3231PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONTIE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Kimberly G. McLaughlin, appeals the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of her complaint against her former husband, James F. Cotner, defendant-appellee, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the following reasons, we affirm.
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On July 14, 1997, plaintiff, Kimberly McLaughlin, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against her former husband, James Cot-ner, defendant, alleging breach of an agreement for the sale of real estate. Jurisdiction was predicated upon diversity…
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