Thierry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHASYA THERESA THIERRY, Case No. 25-cv-04122-AGT

Plaintiff,

SCREENING ORDER

v.

ALBERTSON’S SAFEWAY, JOHN

COLGROVE, et al., Defendants.

Having granted Chasya Theresa Thierry’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (dkt. 4), the undersigned now screens Thierry’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and concludes that it is deficient, for the reasons identified below. * * * “Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction.” Hansen v. Grp. Health Coop., 902 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2018). The two most common sources of subject matter jurisdic- tion are federal question and diversity jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332. The complaint does not present grounds for either, or identify alternative sources of subject matter jurisdic- tion. As it stands, the Court does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter. a. The Complaint Does Not Raise a Federal Question For a federal court to exercise federal question jurisdiction, the action must “aris[e] under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 1331. A federal question must be presented on the face of the complaint,…