Edwards v. Baton

• Court: Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• Decided: September 27, 2001
• Docket: 01-1148
• Status: Published

Opinion

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION–NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 01-1148

ALLAN G. EDWARDS, JR.,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

GLEN A. BARTON, ET AL.,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Richard G. Stearns, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Boudin, Chief Judge, Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges.

Allan G. Edwards, Jr. on brief pro se. Louis M. Ciavarra, James P. Hoban and Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, on brief for appellees.

September 26, 2001 Per Curiam. Appellant Allan G. Edwards, Jr. appeals

from the dismissal of his complaint filed against

Caterpillar Corporation, the Chairman and C.E.O. of

Caterpillar, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, and

three employees of Caterpillar Financial Services. After

carefully reviewing the record and the briefs of the

parties, we affirm the judgment of the district court for

essentially the reasons stated in its Memorandum and Order,

dated November 28, 2000. We add only that there is clearly

no specific personal jurisdiction over any of the appellees

– the events in question in the appellant's suit all

occurred at distant locations – and that the record

contains no facts upon which a claim of general personal

jurisdiction might be premised.

Affirmed. See Local Rule 27(c).