Gardner

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM GARDNER, Case No.: 3:25-cv-1724-CAB-DEB Plaintiffs, 12

ORDER:

v. 13 14 COLDWELL BANKER LEGACY, LLC, 1. DENYING MOTION FOR TRO et al., 15 2. DENYING MOTION TO FILE Defendants.

ELECTRONICALLY

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17 3. TO SHOW CAUSE RE: VENUE

18 [Doc. Nos. 2–3] 19 20 Plaintiff has filed an ex parte motion for temporary restraining order seeking to 21 enjoin an ongoing divorce court proceeding in New Mexico. [Doc. No. 3 at 2]; Case No. 22 D-202-DM-2023-03332. Plaintiff has also sought permission to electronically file 23 documents. [Doc. No. 2.] 24 As it relates to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1), “subject-matter jurisdiction, because it 25 involves a court’s power to hear a case, can never be forfeited or waived.” United States 26 v. Cotton, 535 U.S. 625, 630 (2002). This threshold requirement “‘spring[s] from the 27 nature and limits of the judicial power of the United States’ and is ‘inflexible and without 28 exception.’” Steel Co.…