OPINION
PER CURIAM:
This case presents the question of whether a district court may, sua sponte, vacate a final judgment in a prior case not pending before the court because diversity jurisdiction, though it existed, was inadequately pled. We conclude that it cannot, and reverse.
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Donald Snell filed this diversity tort action, captioned CV-00-00009 (hereinafter referred to as "the closed tort action"), in the United States District...
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