Jaamal Fleming v. Virginia State University

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-1814
JAAMAL FLEMING,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY; POLICIES AND PETITIONS COMMITTEE;
ACADEMIC CREDIT COMMITTEE; KATRINA WALKER;
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., District Judge. (3:17-cv-00411-JAG)
Submitted: December 29, 2017 Decided: March 5, 2018
Before NIEMEYER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jaamal Fleming, Appellant Pro Se. Ramona Leigh Taylor, VIRGINIA STATE
UNIVERSITY, Petersburg, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jaamal Fleming appeals from the district court’s order dismissing his civil action
for breach of contract, defamation, and fraud for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based
on Eleventh Amendment immunity. Appellees argue that the action is barred by the
doctrine of res judicata. Assuming without deciding that the doctrine of res judicata does
not bar Fleming’s complaint, we conclude after review of the record that the district court
did not reversibly err in determining that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the
complaint. We therefore affirm the district court’s dismissal decision. Fleming v. Va.
State Univ., No. 3:17-cv-00411-JAG (E.D. Va. June 9, 2017). We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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