153635P.pdf   04/18/2017  Jon Couzens, Jr.  v.  William Donohue
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3635
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Riley and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Torts. Defendants removed this action alleging defamation, 
   invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and 
   other torts based on claims defendants published false information about 
   plaintiff after he publicly alleged he was sexually abused by Catholic 
   priests; the district court did not err in denying plaintiff's motion to 
   remand the matter to Missouri state court as two defendants were 
   fraudulently joined to defeat diversity; defendant KCCL sufficiently 
   consented to removal under the facts presented; the district court did not 
   err in dismissing the defamation action as time-barred under New York law, 
   which must be applied under Missouri's borrowing statute; defamation is 
   the proper remedy under Missouri law for plaintiff's false light invasion 
   of privacy claim, and the district court did not err in dismissing the 
   false light claim; plaintiff failed to state a claim for intentional 
   infliction of emotional distress because the only offending conduct was 
   defamation; nor did he state a claim for negligent infliction of emotional 
   distress. Judge Kelly, concurring.