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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Medical Malpractice

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATHEW DOUGLAS HARNEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL

CAMPUS, et al., 

Defendants.

___________________________________/

No. C-09-5764 EMC

ORDER DISMISSING AMENDED

COMPLAINT WITH PREJUDICE

Previously, the Court issued an order in which it granted Plaintiff Mathew Douglas Harney's

application to proceed in forma pauperis but dismissed the complaint without prejudice for lack of

subject matter jurisdiction. The Court gave Mr. Harney leave “to file an amended complaint over

which this Court has subject matter jurisdiction.” Docket No. 5 (order, filed on 1/11/2010).

On January 25, 2010, Mr. Harney filed an amended complaint. Having reviewed the

complaint, the Court concludes, as it did previously, that there is no basis for subject matter

jurisdiction. More specifically, there does not appear to be any federal question alleged in the

amended complaint. Rather the thrust of the amended complaint is that Defendants engaged in

malpractice and/or acted negligently. As for diversity jurisdiction, that requires that each of the

plaintiffs be a citizen of a different state from each of the defendants and that the amount in

controversy exceed $75,000. As before, Mr. Harney has not made any allegations as to either his

own citizenship or the citizenship of any Defendant.

Accordingly, the Court dismisses the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The

dismissal is with prejudice. While the dismissal is with prejudice, the Court’s ruling does not bar

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Mr. Harney from pursuing state remedies such as filing a lawsuit in state court. However, the Court

states no opinion regarding, e.g., the timeliness of any such suit.

The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment consistent with this order and close the file in

this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 27, 2010

_________________________ EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATHEW D HARNEY,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CAMPUS

et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV09-05764 EMC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on January 27, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Mathew Douglas Harney

290 Divisadero Street

San Francisco, ca 94117

Dated: January 27, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Betty Lee, Deputy Clerk

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