Pa. Complaint vs. GOP Amended to Add Supplemental Jurisdiction Language

The U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania “has supplemental jurisdiction of the common law claims” of plaintiff Mark Fidanza and his proposed putative class, said his first amended Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint Tuesday (docket 2:22-cv-05185). His claims “are so related to federal claims in the action that they form part of the same case or controversy under Article III” of the Constitution, it said. Fidanza alleges the Republican Committee of Chester County, Pennsylvania, bombarded him with dozens of unsolicited text messages in the run-up to the Nov. 8 election even though he’s registered to vote in the state's Montgomery County and never voted in Chester County. His original Dec. 28 complaint (see 2212280028) didn’t contain the language on supplemental jurisdiction. The GOP committee hasn't answered Fidanza's original complaint.