Alo
Alo v. Clovis Police Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ALCAPONE ALO, Case No. 1:23-cv-00273-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING IFP APPLICATION CLOVIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, (ECF No. 2) Defendant. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SUBJECT
MATTER JURISDICTION
15 (ECF No. 1) 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Alcapone Alo is proceeding pro se in this action and has applied to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). (ECF Nos. 1, 2). Because Plaintiff has made the showing required to proceed IFP under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), the Court will grant the IFP application. (ECF No. 2). 20 And because it appears that the allegations in the complaint fail to show that this Court has 21 subject matter jurisdiction over this case, the Court will order Plaintiff to show cause why the 22 case should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
II. ANALYSIS
24 “Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction.” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of 25 Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). Accordingly, “[a] federal court is presumed to…