Wood Ranch Manhattan Beach, LP v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WOOD RANCH MANHATTAN Case No. 2:25-cv-11675-SB-SSC

BEACH, LP,

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

v. SUBJECT-MATTER

JURISDICTION

ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

Plaintiff Wood Ranch Manhattan Beach, LP filed the complaint in this breach-of-contract case on December 9, 2025. 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 (1) a federal question is presented in an action “arising under…