GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:
The temporary administrator of a deceased plaintiff's estate moved, pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 25, that he be substituted as party plaintiff. The district court declined to order the substitution on the ground that the temporary administrator was not a "proper party" within the meaning of Rule 25 because the state court that appointed him did not have jurisdiction to make the appointment. In the same order the court dismissed the case...
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