Hadley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LYDIA HADLEY, et al., No. 1:19-cv-01395-DAD-SKO Plaintiffs, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

JEFFREY CHAUDHARI, et al., FOR LACK OF SUBJECT-MATTER

JURISDICTION

Defendants.

17 Plaintiffs filed their complaint in the above-captioned matter on October 3, 2019. (Doc. No. 1.) In it, plaintiffs state two causes of action: (1) a wrongful death claim arising out of the alleged medical malpractice of defendants; and (2) a negligent employment/negligent hiring claim alleging that certain individuals were unqualified to practice medicine, and that the hiring and employment of those individuals amounted to negligence. As the basis for jurisdiction, plaintiffs invoke 28 U.S.C. § 1331, which provides that “district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.” (Id. at ¶ 22.) “Federal courts are courts of…