Peguese v. PNC Bank, N.A.

OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Gerald Pegúese filed a complaint in this Court against defendant PNC Bank alleging state law causes of action and invoking this Court’s diversity jurisdiction. After the Bank filed a pair of motions to dismiss, Pegúese filed an amended complaint “as a matter of course,” Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a)(1)(B), within the time allowed by Rule 15(a)(1), adding a non-diverse defendant. The resulting jurisdictional issues were brought to the parties’ attention by an order to show cause why the case should not be…