Case Name: Nancy L. HUGHES, Appellant v. Joseph PAPA; First Union Securities
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-11-01
Citations: 153 F. App'x 125
Docket Number: No. 05-1978
Parties: Nancy L. HUGHES, Appellant v. Joseph PAPA; First Union Securities.
Judges: Before RENDELL, AMBRO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 153
Pages: 125–126

Head Matter:
Nancy L. HUGHES, Appellant v. Joseph PAPA; First Union Securities.
No. 05-1978.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Under Third Circuit LAE 34.1(a) Oct. 11, 2005.
Decided Nov. 1, 2005.
Nancy L. Hughes, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Appellant.
Thomas B. Lewis, Stark & Stark, Princeton, NJ, for Appellee.
Before RENDELL, AMBRO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM
Nancy L. Hughes appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, dismissing her complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Hughes' complaint sought to vacate an arbitration award entered by the National Association of Security Dealers, Inc. As the District Court correctly noted, the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., does not provide an independent basis for federal question jurisdiction. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp., 460 U.S. 1, 25 n. 32, 103 S.Ct. 927, 74 L.Ed.2d 765 (1983); Paine-Webber, Inc. v. Faragalli, 61 F.3d 1063 (3d Cir.1995). The District Court also properly noted that Hughes and the defendants are all citizens of New Jersey; thus, there was no basis for diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. As Hughes pleaded no other basis for subject matter jurisdiction, the District Court could not reach the merits of the complaint, and properly dismissed the action. We will affirm the District Court's judgment.
. Hughes filed a timely motion for reconsideration in the District Court, which was denied.
Because Hughes did not file a second notice of appeal or an amended notice of appeal, we do not have jurisdiction to consider the order denying the motion for reconsideration.
. Although defendants did not raise the jurisdictional issue in their motion to dismiss in the District Court, Hughes was on notice of the jurisdictional problem when the District Court entered its final order. She had an opportunity to respond to the jurisdictional defect in her motion for reconsideration, but the motion does not indicate how the District Court might assert subject matter jurisdiction; in fact, the motion states; "The Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over this following matter...."
. Hughes' motion to expand the record to include four cassette tapes, which she says are the tapes from the arbitration proceeding, is denied. The tapes have no bearing on the issue before this Court, namely, whether the District Court properly dismissed Hughes' complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Further, this Court "cannot consider material on appeal that is outside of the district court record." In re Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.'s Application for Access to Sealed. Transcripts, 913 F.2d 89, 96 (3d Cir.1990).