Tyesha Jackson Wise v. LoanMe, Inc.

Case 2:23-cv-00918-SB-JC Document Filed 03/20/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TYESHA JACKSON WISE, Case No. 2:23-cv-00918-SB-JC

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

SUBJECT MATTER

LOANME, INC. et al., JURISDICTION

Defendants.

Plaintiff Tyesha Jackson Wise alleges in her complaint that Defendants breached a contract with her by “fail[ing] to investigate and/or resolve a billing error and consumer request for information.” Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 9. Only Defendant Argent Holdings, LLC (Argent) has appeared, and Plaintiff has since moved to dismiss Argent’s answer and affirmative defenses and compel her own claims to arbitration. Dkt. No. 17. Argent opposes. Dkt. No. 18.

Federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction only over matters authorized by the Constitution and Congress. See, e.g., Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). This Court has a duty to assess whether it has jurisdiction and may consider the issue sua sponte. See Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hughes, 358 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir. 2004); see also Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co.,…