Jody D. Kimbrell v. Poipu Holdings, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JODY D. KIMBRELL, Case No. 2:24-cv-08590-SB-PD

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

SUBJECT-MATTER

POIPU HOLDINGS, LLC, JURISDICTION

Defendant.

Plaintiff Jody D. Kimbrell filed the complaint in this conversion and fraud case on October 3, 2024, invoking the Court’s 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 civil action when there is complete diversity of citizenship between the…