(PS) Mead v. Williams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT M. MEAD, No. 2:20-cv-0578 TLN DB PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE CAROLYN INEZ WILLIAMS, Defendant. 16 On March 17, 2020, plaintiff Robert Mead commenced this action by filing a complaint and paying the applicable filing fee. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff is proceeding pro se. Accordingly, the matter has been referred to the undersigned for all purposes encompassed by Local Rule 302(c)(21). Plaintiff’s complaint concerns the parties’ settlement of their March 8, 2005 divorce proceedings in the Sacramento County Superior Court. (Compl. (ECF No. 1) at 1-8.) Jurisdiction is a threshold inquiry that must precede the adjudication of any case before the district court. Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. Cal. State Bd. of Equalization, 858 F.2d 1376, 1380 (9th Cir. 1988). Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and may adjudicate only those cases authorized by federal law. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life…