Fox

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

10 RICHARD B. FOX, Case No. 25-cv-05452-NC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO 12 SHOW CAUSE ESTABLISHING v. DIVERSITY JURISDICTION 13 DAVID K. FOX, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 On June 30, 2025, self-represented Plaintiff Richard B. Fox filed a complaint 18 against eight individual and organizational Defendants, alleging elder financial abuse in 19 violation of a California statute. ECF 1. Because federal district courts must ensure they 20 have subject matter jurisdiction over every case, the Court issues this Order for Plaintiff to 21 provide additional information or an amended complaint establishing subject matter 22 jurisdiction. See Valdez v. Allstate Ins. Co., 372 F.3d 1115, 1116 (9th Cir. 2004). 23 Because federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, a plaintiff must adequately 24 allege that a court has subject matter jurisdiction to hear their case. Kokkonen v. Guardian 25 Life Ins.…