Robert G. Tilton, an Individual v. Gary L. Richardson, Ole Anthony, Harry Guetzlaff, C. Tony Wright, David Burrows, and George A. Otstott

BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

This case is here via interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1988) and concerns whether the district court had jurisdiction to address Mr. Tilton’s 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) (1988) claim. 1 Mr. Tilton, who is a pastor, alleges that the Appellees, motivated solely by religious considerations, conspired to destroy his ministry by slander and libel in violation of his First, Fourteenth, and Fifth Amendment rights. The district court dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1). Mr. Tilton alleges the six Appellees/Defendants were…