STIFEL v. HOPKINS

No. 72-1424.

477 F.2d 1116 (1973)

Orville E. STIFEL, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William F. HOPKINS, Esq., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orville E. Stifel, II, pro se.

Lindhorst & Dreidame by James L. O'Connell, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellee, William F. Hopkins.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether a federal prisoner who is incarcerated in a state other than the state of his domicile prior to conviction can show that he is a citizen of the state of incarceration for purposes of federal diversity jurisdiction. The District Court held that as a matter of law the prisoner was precluded from making this showing, and dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. We reverse.

In 1969, appellant...

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