Tran v. Com. of Northern Mariana Islands

993 F.2d 884 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Van Maurice TRAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF the NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; Lorenzo I. Guerrero, Governor; Robert C. Naraja, Attorney General; Eric Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-15019. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 7, 1993. * Decided May 18, 1993. Before: GOODWIN, TANG, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Van Maurice Tran appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ("CNMI") and several of its officials for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). 3 Tran, a "stateless" alien who has been subject to a deportation order for over four years, alleges that the CNMI has violated his federal constitutional rights by not permitting him to work pending his deportation. The district court dismissed the…