Martin v. Little, Brown & Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff, James L. Martin, a pro se litigant, claims to have performed certain *1005work for the defendant for which he has not been paid. He seeks damages under either a contract or quasi-contract theory. The defendant, Little, Brown and Company, has moved to strike the complaint. It argues, inter alia, that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction because the amount in controversy does not exceed $10,000.00.1

Briefly spoken, the plaintiff maintains that he discovered.and brought to the defendant’s attention that another publisher was…