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### ALD-53 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT NO. 06-3600

________________ PAUL E. CARPENTER, Appellant , v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; THE APARTMENT STORE; WALK’S SERVICE CENTER & AUTO BODY; ATLAS REALTY MGMT. CO., INC.; STATE COLLEGE POLICE DEPARTMENT; THE CENTRE DAILY TIMES; CENTRE COUNTY BOARD OF ARBITRATION; CENTRE COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS; PENNSYLVANIA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION; THE STATE OF

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION; THE SHANER HOTEL GROUP; THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SERVICES

_________________________________ On Appeal From the United States District Court For the Middle District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Civ. No. 06-cv-01378 ) District Judge: Honorable Malcolm Muir

_______________________________________ Submitted For Possible Dismissal Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) November 22, 2006 Before: SLOVITER, CHAGARES AND NYGAARD, CIRCUIT JUDGES (Filed: December 5, 2006)

_______________________ OPINION

_______________________ PER CURIAM Appellant, Paul Carpenter, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis , appeals an

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### order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissing his complaint. For the following reasons, we conclude his appeal is meritless and we will dismiss it under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Carpenter filed a complaint in the District Court containing a litany of prolix allegations detailing his interactions with the thirteen defendants named in his suit. Carpenter also submitted a 197-page appendix. The District Court identified numerous defects in the complaint, including non-compliance with the notice pleading requirements of F ED 

### . R. C IV 

### . P. 8, failure to state proper grounds for joinder of multiple defendants under F ED 

### . R. C IV 

### . P. 20(a), assertion of claims under federal statutes that do not provide a private right of action, and inclusion of state law claims without asserting a basis for diversity jurisdiction. The District Court dismissed the complaint without prejudice and gave Carpenter twenty days to file an amended complaint. Carpenter instead filed a notice of appeal of the order, along with a memorandum expressing his desire to stand on his original complaint. We therefore have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. See Borelli v. City of Reading , 532 F.2d 950, 951 n.1 (3d Cir. 1976). We agree with the District Court’s assessment of Carpenter’s complaint. Carpenter has not provided the defendants with fair notice as to the nature of his federal claims, nor has he set forth sufficient grounds for a federal court to exercise diversity jurisdiction over any state law causes of action that could be discerned from the complaint. We conclude the appeal lacks an arguable basis in law or fact and thus we will dismiss it. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Neitzke v. Williams , 490 U.S. 319, 325

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