Picciotto v. Continental Casualty Co.

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• holding that a ruling against an absent party would not be binding in related litigation in which the absent party was named
• noting that court’s indispensability finding would remain unchanged even if party was barred from pursuing a remedy in an alternative forum because bar resulted from party’s litigation strategy
• finding that FEMA decision to discontinue rental assistance is 21 discretionary and does not create an entitlement, “even if assistance is being offered and [the 22 individual] meets the eligibility criteria”
• stating that joinder that \destroy[s] diversity\ will \eliminat[e] any basis for original jurisdiction\
• noting failure to satisfy complete diversity rule deprives the district court of original diversity jurisdiction over entire action
• noting and not disapproving of a district court's first factor analysis as a reiteration of its Rule 19(a)(2)(f) analysis

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