context: Although the district court allowed this suit to proceed to summary judgment, it needn't have waited that long, for Henderson's claims are so obviously frivolous as to preclude subject matter jurisdiction in federal court.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 347 F.3d 995, 997
citation_a.parenthetical: "[A] frivolous suit does not engage the jurisdiction of the district court."
citation_a.sentence: See Buntrock v. S.E.C., 347 F.3d 995, 997 (7th Cir.2003) (“[A] frivolous suit does not engage the jurisdiction of the district court.”); Gammon v. GC Servs. Ltd. P’ship, 27 F.3d 1254, 1256 (7th Cir.1994); cf. Gladney v. Pendleton Corr. Facility, 302 F.3d 773, 774 (7th Cir.2002) (applying the same principle in the context of the Prison Litigation Reform Act).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 302 F.3d 773, 774
citation_b.parenthetical: applying the same principle in the context of the Prison Litigation Reform Act
citation_b.sentence: See Buntrock v. S.E.C., 347 F.3d 995, 997 (7th Cir.2003) (“[A] frivolous suit does not engage the jurisdiction of the district court.”); Gammon v. GC Servs. Ltd. P’ship, 27 F.3d 1254, 1256 (7th Cir.1994); cf. Gladney v. Pendleton Corr. Facility, 302 F.3d 773, 774 (7th Cir.2002) (applying the same principle in the context of the Prison Litigation Reform Act).