Gallegos
Gallegos v. Dunnion Law Firm
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
7 GREG GALLEGOS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01168-LJO-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
v.
11 DUNNION LAW FIRM , et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Plaintiff, Greg Gallegos, is proceeding pro se in this action (ECF No. 1), and has applied to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 3). Based on the allegations in the Complaint (ECF No. 1), it appears that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this action. The Court will therefore require Plaintiff to show cause why this action should not be dismissed based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3) (“If the court determines at any time that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, the court must dismiss the action.”); Snell v. Cleveland, Inc., 316 F.3d 822, 826 (9th Cir. 2002) (“[A] court may raise the question of subject matter jurisdiction, sua sponte, at any time during the pendency of the action, even on appeal.”). There are two bases for federal subject matter jurisdiction: federal question and…