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CENTIFANTI v. NIX

No. 88-1522.

865 F.2d 1422 (1989)

J. Benedict CENTIFANTI Appellant, v. NIX, Honorable Robert N.C., Jr., Individually and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Larsen, Honorable Rolf, Individually and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Flaherty, Honorable John P., Individually and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, McDermott, Honorable James T., Individually and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Stout, Honorable Juanita Kidd, Individually and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Zappala, Honorable Stephen A., Individually and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Papadakos, Honorable Nicholas P., Individually and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Rosen (argued), Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, Philadelphia, Pa. (Donald J. Goldberg, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for appellant.

Howland W. Abramson (argued), Charles W. Johns, Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, STAPLETON, and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

J. Benedict Centifanti appeals the order of the district court dismissing his complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and denying his motion for leave to amend the complaint. Centifanti filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against the Chief Justice and the Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ("the Justices" or "Justice Nix"), following the Court's denial of his petition for reinstatement...

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