Spherical Industries, Inc. v. Alejandro S. Angulo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL

aeegiams □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ ER 2.2024 Title Spherical Indus., Inc. vy. Angulo

Present: The Honorable Mark C. Scarsi, United States District Judge

Stephen Montes Kerr —__——NotReported Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s): Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s): None Present None Present

Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SUBJECT-MATTER

JURISDICTION

Plaintiffs Spherical Industries, Inc., Spherical Industries Holdings LLC, Christopher Michael Duggan, and Will Steven Hardy bring this action against Defendants Alejandro S. Angulo and Rutan & Tucker, LLP, for negligence and breach of fiduciary duties. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) The Court questions its jurisdiction over the action. See Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. 134, 141 (2012) (obliging courts to examine subject-matter jurisdiction issues sua sponte). Federal courts are of limited jurisdiction, having subject-matter jurisdiction only over matters authorized by the Constitution …