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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANIEL CHRISTOPHER YOUNG, No. 2:22–cv–0590–JAM-CKD PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE STEVEN RICHARD BURLINGHAM, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 On April 4, 2022, plaintiff filed a fee-paid complaint initiating this action against 12 defendants involved in state probate court proceedings connected with the conservatorship of plaintiff’s mother. (ECF No. 1.) Because the complaint fails to establish this court’s subject matter jurisdiction and appears to be barred by dismissal of plaintiff’s previous case, the court on its own motion issues this order for plaintiff to show cause why the case should not be dismissed. None of the defendants have yet appeared or responded to the complaint, and presumably plaintiff is still in the process of serving them. But courts have “an independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists, even when no party challenges it.” Hertz Corp. v. Friend, 559 U.S. 77, 94 (2010). Pursuant…