John Borazjoni v. Homebridge Financial Services, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN BORAZJONI, Case No. 2:24-cv-05300-SB-SK

Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

HOMEBRIDGE FINANCIAL SUBJECT-MATTER

SERVICES, INC. et al., JURISDICTION

Defendants.

Plaintiff John Borazjoni filed his complaint case on June 24, 2024, against Defendants Homebridge Financial Services, Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) asserting diversity jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 1.

Federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction only over matters authorized by the Constitution and Congress. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). This Court has a duty to assess whether federal subject-matter jurisdiction exists and may consider the issue sua sponte at any stage of the proceedings. Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hughes, 358 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir. 2004); see also Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co., 526 U.S. 574, 583 (1999) (recognizing that “Article III generally requires a federal court to satisfy itself of its jurisdiction over the subject matter before it considers the merits of a case”).

A federal district court has original jurisdiction over a…