James N. Fleming v. W. Bedford Moore, Iii, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Amicus Curiae

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

James M. Fleming, a black real estate developer in Charlottesville, Virginia, appeals from the judgment of the district court dismissing his Section 1983 1 action against W. Bedford Moore, III, a white professor at the University of Virginia. In his federal complaint Fleming pursued several aspects of a libel action which he had previously lost as a defendant in a Virginia state court. We affirm the district court’s ruling dismissing the action since Fleming’s sole possible federal remedy is by appeal from the Supreme Court of Virginia to the United States Supreme Court.