Davenport

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES CONERLY, et al., No. 2:21-cv-1600-KJM-KJN (PS) Plaintiffs, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION and v. ORDER JAMIE DAVENPORT, et al., (ECF No. 1) Defendants. 16 Plaintiffs James Conerly and Marilyn Tillman-Conerly filed this case on September 7, 2021, and paid the filing fee. (ECF No. 1.) Upon reviewing the complaint pursuant to the court’s independent duty to assess its own jurisdiction in all cases, the undersigned recommends that this action be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs bring this action against five defendants involved, to various degrees, in two prior small claims cases against plaintiffs in California state court. Plaintiffs assert that they defended themselves in an unspecified small claims court case regarding a mechanics lien recorded against them in June 2020 by defendant Official Pest Prevention LLC through its…