PITMAN
PITMAN v. First Presbyterian Church of San Mateo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARVIN RODNEY PITMAN, Case No. 24-cv-02852-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
v. CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED
FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SAN MATEO, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 Plaintiff Marvin Rodney Pitman has filed this action in federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction because he is a resident of Oregon and defendants reside in California. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (court has jurisdiction over a civil action where the matter in controversy exceeds $75,000 and the action is between citizens of different States). At a case management conference on August 16, 2024, the Court set a deadline of October 18, 2024, for the amendment of the complaint. Plaintiff has now filed the amended complaint. Dkt. No. 28. The amended complaint alleges that defendant Shannon Pappas “reported to the San Mateo Police Department that Plaintiff had made a life- threatening call to him. This report was false, in that…