Grubbs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 ALLEN HAMMLER, No. 2:23-cv-2770 DJC CSK P 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER 13 DEMITRIOUS GRUBBS, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 I. Introduction Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A district court may sua sponte raise the issue of lack of subject matter jurisdiction. See Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp., 546 U.S. 500, 514 (2006) (“[C]ourts, including this Court, have an independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists, even in the absence of a challenge from any party.”). Federal courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over moot claims. See Bishop Paiute Tribe v. Inyo County, 863 F.3d 1144, 1155 (9th Cir. 2017) (“A federal court lacks jurisdiction to hear a case that is moot.”). For the following reasons, plaintiff is ordered to show cause within thirty days of the date of this order why this action should not be dismissed as moot. II. Plaintiff’s Complaint This action proceeds on plaintiff’s…