BLACKWELL v. GREEN
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MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 8/21/2012. (ls, )
FILED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Taneika Blackwell,
Plaintiff,
v.
Ericka Green,
Defendant.
Civil Action No.
SEP 17 2012
Clerk, u.s. District & Bankruptcy
Courts for the District of Columbia
12 1533
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs prose complaint and application to proceed
in forma pauperis. The Court will grant plaintiffs application and dismiss the complaint for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
The subject matter jurisdiction of the federal district courts is limited and is set forth
generally at 28 U.S.C. ยงยง 1331 and 1332. Under those statutes, federal jurisdiction is available
only when a "federal question" is presented or the parties are of diverse citizenship and the
amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. A party seeking relief in the district court must at least
plead facts that bring the suit within the court's jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). Failure to
plead such facts warrants dismissal ofthe action. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3).
Plaintiff is a resident of Temple Hills, Maryland, suing a resident there for unpaid
parking tickets in the amount of $1 ,065. Compl. at 1-2. The complaint neither presents a federal
question nor provides a basis for diversity jurisdiction. A separate Order of dismissal
accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
DATE: August ~ /
, 2012
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