Alfonso Villalobos v. Knight Auto and Towing Services LLC

I. Discussion

a. The Court Lacks Subject Matter Jurisdiction

“Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, possessing only that power authorized by Constitution and statute.” Gunn v. Minton, 568 U.S. 251, 257 (2013) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). “Accordingly, ‘the district courts may not exercise jurisdiction

1 Having found it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this action, the court declines to rule on Plaintiff’s Request to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Dkt. 2) and Application for Pro Se Litigant to Electronically File Documents (Dkt. 3) at this time. _____________________________________________________________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No.: 8:23-cv-00823-FWS-DFM Date: May 11, 2023 Title: Alfonso Villalobos v. Knight Auto and Towing Services LLC

absent a statutory basis.’” Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Jackson, 139 S. Ct. 1743, 1746 (2019) (quoting Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc., 545 U.S. 546, 552 (2005)). This threshold requirement “‘spring[s] from the nature and limits of the judicial power of the United States’…