Doretta Joyce Holyfield-Vega v. Alabama Supreme Court/Honorable Roy Moore

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Doretta Joyce Holyfield-Vega v. Alabama Supreme Court/Honorable Roy Moore, 551 F. App'x 538 (11th Cir. 2014)

Doretta Joyce Holyfield-Vega v. Alabama Supreme Court/Honorable Roy Moore

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Doretta Holyfield-Vega appeals pro se the dismissal with prejudice of her complaint for injunctive relief against officials of the United States and the State of Alabama. The district court ruled that Holyfield-Vega lacked standing to sue the officials. We affirm.

The district court correctly concluded that Holyfield-Vega failed to allege that she had suffered an injury in fact. To have standing, a plaintiff must establish that she has incurred an injury to a protected interest that is “concrete and particularized.” Fla. Wildlife Fed’n, Inc. v. S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist., 647 F.3d 1296, 1302 (11th Cir. 2011). Holyfield-Vega alleged that “[tjhe removal of pray[er]” from “school and other areas” by federal and state officials violated her right to the free *539 exercise of religion under the First Amendment, but Holyfield-Vega failed to describe how she had been injured by the officials’ conduct. Holyfield-Vega argued that she was entitled to proceed “[a]s a concern[ed] United States Citizen,” but a plaintiff “does not state an Article III case or controversy” by “claiming only harm to [her] and every citizen’s interest in proper application of the Constitution ... and seeking relief that no more directly and tangibly benefits [her] than it does the public at large,” Lance v. Coffman, 549 U.S. 437, 439, 127 S.Ct. 1194, 1196, 167 L.Ed.2d 29 (2007) (quoting Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 573-74, 112 S.Ct. 2130, 2143, 119 L.Ed.2d 351 (1992)); Fairchild v. Hughes, 258 U.S. 126, 42 S.Ct. 274, 66 L.Ed. 499 (1922). The district court correctly dismissed Holy-field-Vega’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

We AFFIRM the dismissal of Holyfield-Vega’s complaint.

Reference

Full Case Name
Doretta Joyce HOLYFIELD-VEGA, Min., “The Messenger”, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, the LEADERS, Defendant, Alabama Supreme Court/ Honorable Roy Moore, Alabama Legislature Members, U.S. Supreme Court/ Honorable John Roberts, Defendants-Appellees
Status
Unpublished