Court of Appeals for the First Circuit June 26, 2001, No. 00-1266 (Wedeen v. Green River Power Sports)

PER CURIAM.

The district court granted a motion to dismiss this complaint alleging diversity jurisdiction after plaintiff failed to carry his burden of showing that “it is not a legal certainty that [his] claim involves less than the jurisdictional amount.” Dep’t of Recreation & Sports v. World Boxing Ass’n, 942 F.2d 84, 88 (1st Cir.1991); see also Spielman v. Genzyme Corp., 251 F.3d 1 (1st Cir.