HASTINGS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Budd Lepman brought this diversity action in the district court against defendants Marjorie Everett and Time, Incorporated. He sought recovery of $300,000 actual damages and $300,000 punitive damages for an alleged libel against him by defendants.
The trial court granted defendants' motions to strike the complaint and dismiss the action and denied plaintiff's subsequent motion to vacate and set aside its order of dismissal...
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