Brennan v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse New York, Inc.

Appellant Dennis Brennan, a Florida resident, appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his counseled 28 U.S.C. § 1332 diversity suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese (“diocese”), a citizen of Syracuse, New York, for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2). In relevant part, Brennan alleged in his complaint claims for breach of contract, fraud, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He claimed that, in 2001, he recalled a memory, suppressed for nearly four decades, of his childhood rape in Syracuse, New York, by a Roman Catholic priest. In January…