CITY OF GREENSBURG v. MAYDAK

Filing 13

MEMORANDUM ORDER denying 12 Motion to Stay. Signed by Judge Terrence F. McVerry on 4/24/15. (mh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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CITY OF GREENSBURG,
Plaintiff,
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KEITH MAYDAK,
Defendant.

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Now pending is a MOTION TO STAY (ECF No. 12) filed by pro se Defendant Keith
Maydak (“Maydak”). Plaintiff City of Greensburg has not filed a response, nor is one needed.
The motion to stay must be denied for at least three independent and complementary
reasons. First, as the Court explained in its Memorandum Order of April 22, 2015, Maydak’s
initial removal of this case from the state court was improper. This Court lacks subject-matter
jurisdiction because the amount in controversy does not exceed $75,000. Second, this case has
already been remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Third, Maydak has filed a Notice of Appeal to the Third Circuit (ECF No. 11), which deprives
this Court of jurisdiction.
AND NOW this 24th day of April, 2015, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND
DECREED that the MOTION TO STAY (ECF No. 12) is DENIED.
BY THE COURT:
s/Terrence F. McVerry
Senior United States District Judge
cc:

Bernard T. McArdle, Esquire
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KEITH MAYDAK
c/o 93 South Jackson 7480
Seattle, WA 98104
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