Moore v. Blair
Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Gregg Moore, who apparently is a recently naturalized citizen from Nigeria, appeals the dismissal of his civil-rights suit for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. We dismiss the appeal for failure to file an adequate brief.
The background facts of this suit are murky. As best we can tell from the brief and record, Moore filed a petition for United States citizenship that was denied in 2009. He responded by initiating a civil-rights lawsuit in late 2011 that vaguely challenged the denial of his petition and
On appeal, Moore maintains that his state-court convictions should be vacated and his citizenship backdated, but he fails to specify any error on the district court’s part and neglects even to provide a transcript of the hearing in which the court explained its decision. We give pro se appellants leeway and do our best to discern the legal basis for their arguments, but an appellant must articulate some ground for challenging the judgment. See Fed.R.CivP. 28(a)(8); Anderson v. Hard-man, 241 F.3d 544, 545-46 (7th Cir. 2001). Moore’s failure to do so means that we have nothing to review.
DISMISSED.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Gregg MOORE v. Maria Rose BLAIR
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- 2 cases
- Status
- Published