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JONES v. FORMAN

No. 3:11-cv-199-DPM.

CLINTON JONES, Plaintiff, v. DOUG FORMAN, Sergeant, Jonesboro Police Department; and JERRICO PERKINS, Maintenance Department, City of Jonesboro, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Jonesboro Division.

January 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton Jones, Plaintiff Pro Se.

Doug Forman, Sgt., Jonesboro Police Department, Defendant represented by C. Burt Newell , C. Burt Newell, Attorney at Law.

Jerrico Perkins, Maintenance Department, City of Jonesboro, Defendant represented by C. Burt Newell , C. Burt Newell, Attorney at Law.

ORDER

D.P. MARSHALL Jr., District Judge.

Jones's complaint is dismissed for want of subject-matter jurisdiction. The pedestrian/vehicle accident in the Jonesboro City Cemetery does not present a federal question. E.g., Russell v. Hennepin County, 420 F.3d 841, 846 (8th Cir. 2005). And because the driver and the pedestrian are both Arkansas residents, no diversity of citizenship exists. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a...

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