Edwards

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID COFFEY, Case No. 2:25-cv-2584-DJC-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE CHAD EDWARDS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff filed this action against Chad Edwards, James Reed, and Daniel Beck, individuals who trespassed on plaintiff’s land. However, after reviewing the complaint, I find that it fails to establish a basis for the court’s subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiff will be provided fourteen days to show cause why this action should not be dismissed. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. A district court has an independent duty to ascertain its jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). The basic federal jurisdiction statutes, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 & 1332, confer “federal question” and “diversity” jurisdiction, respectively. Federal question jurisdiction requires that the complaint (1) arise under a federal law or the U. S. Constitution, (2)…