United States v. Scott Donald Wiele

1The Honorable Richard H. Battey, United States District Judge for the District
of South Dakota.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 06-4058
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James E. Thompson, Sr., *
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Appellant, *
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v. * Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the
Tri-State Insurance of Minnesota; * District of South Dakota.
Dakota Redi-Mix; Berkley *
Administrators; Jerry Rachetto, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellees. *
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Submitted: October 12, 2007
Filed: October 18, 2007
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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
James E. Thompson, Sr., appeals the district court’s 1 dismissal of his civil
action without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Upon careful review
of the record, we conclude that Thompson established neither diversity jurisdiction
nor federal-question jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332(a)(1); 4:20
Communication, Inc. v. Paradigm Co., 336 F.3d 775, 779 (8th Cir. 2003) (party

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invoking federal jurisdiction has burden to establish jurisdictional requirements).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny Thompson’s pending
motion.
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