JS Freight LLC v. Snow Joe LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JS FREIGHT LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-00430-JLT-BAM 12 Plaintiff, ORDER SUA SPOTE DISMISSING

COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF SUBJECT-

13 v. MATTER JURISDICTION 14 SNOW JOE LLC, (Doc. 1) 15 Defendant. 16 17 JS Freight LLC filed the instant Complaint against Snow Joe LLC, alleging only a breach 18 of contract claim for Defendant’s alleged failure to pay for Plaintiff’s completed shipping 19 services. (Doc. 1 at 2–3.) The Court, however, must sua sponte DISMISS this action 20 WITHOUT PREJUDICE for Plaintiff’s failure to properly invoke the Court’s diversity 21 jurisdiction. 22 A. Subject-Matter Jurisdiction 23 “Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction,’ possessing ‘only that power authorized 24 by Constitution and statute.’” Gunn v. Minton, 568 U.S. 251, 256 (2013) (quoting Kokkonen v. 25 Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994)); Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah 26 Servs., Inc.,…