Santos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 SARA CATARINA REIS SANTOS No. 1:20-cv-00109-LJO-SKO 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER

JURISDICTION

v.

14 CHARLES REIS IV, et al., (Doc. No. 1) 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff Sara Catarina Reis Santos, appearing pro se, filed her complaint initiating this action on January 21, 2020. (Doc. No. 1.) From the court’s initial review of the complaint, it appears that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to consider the claims presented therein. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and lack inherent or general subject matter jurisdiction. Federal courts can adjudicate only those cases which the United States Constitution and Congress authorize them to adjudicate. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375 (1994). To proceed in federal court, a plaintiff’s pleading must establish the existence of subject matter jurisdiction. Generally, there are two potential bases for federal subject matter jurisdiction: (1) federal question…