Opinion
No. 08-5835-cv.
March 9, 2010.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (William K. Sessions, III, Chief Judge).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of said District Court be and hereby is AFFIRMED.
Edward J. Brady, Rosemary B. Brady, Vergennes, VT, pro se.
Kaveh S. Shahi, Rutland, VT, for Defendant-Appellee, Lisa Chalidze, Clearly, Shahi Aicher, P.C.
Robert B. Hemley and Paul A. Kearney, Burlington, VT, for Defendants-Appellees, Gregory Clayton and Aten, Clayton Eaton, PLLC, Gravel and Shea.
Robert A. Mello, Law Office of Robert A. Mello, PLC, South Burlington, VT, for Defendant-Appellee, Joan Loring Wing.
John E. Brady, Brady Callahan, P.C., Springfield, VT, for Defendants-Appellees, OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. and York Insurance Company of Maine.
Shapleigh Smith, Jr., Thomas Mihalich, Dinse Knapp McAndrew, P.C., Burlington, VT, for Defendants-Appellees, Pietro J. Lynn and Lynn.
Richard J. Windish, Haynes Windish, P.C., Woodstock, VT, for Defendant-Appellee J.W. D.E. Ryan, Inc.
PRESENT: GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge, DENNY CHIN, District Judge.
The Honorable Denny Chin, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.
The Honorable Rosemary S. Pooler, originally a member of this panel, did not participate in the consideration of this appeal. The two remaining members of the panel, who are in agreement, have determined the matter. See 28 U.S.C. § 46(d); 2d Cir. I.O.P. E; United States v. Desimone, 140 F.3d 457 (2d Cir. 1998).
SUMMARY ORDER
Appellants Edward and Rosemary Brady appeal from the district court's judgment dismissing their complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We assume the parties' familiarity with the facts, proceedings below, and specification of appellate issues and hold as follows.
We review the dismissal of a complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction de novo. Celestine v. Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Ctr., 403 F.3d 76, 79-80 (2d Cir. 2005). "A case is properly dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under [Fed.R.Civ.P.] 12(b)(1) when the district court lacks the statutory or constitutional power to adjudicate it." Makarova v. United States, 201 F.3d 110, 113 (2d Cir. 2000). A plaintiff asserting jurisdiction has the burden of proving that jurisdiction exists by a preponderance of the evidence. Id.
Having conducted an independent and de novo review of the record in light of these principles, we affirm the district court's judgment for substantially the same reasons stated by the district court in its thorough and well-reasoned opinion. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.