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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6

TONY FU,

7 Case No. 18-cv-04668-MEJ Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 9 DEMAS YAN, et al., 10 Defendants. 11

12 13 On August 2, 2018, Plaintiff Tony Fu filed a Complaint in which he asserts ten claims 14 against four individuals who do not appear to be government employees (Demas Yan, Thai Ming 15 Chu, Tina Yan, and Mark Lapham) and one California limited liability company (Legal Recovery, 16 LLC). However, he states this Court has original jurisdiction “because Plaintiff asserts claims 17 arising under the laws of the United States including 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fifth and 18 Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.” Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1. Federal 19 district courts are courts of limited jurisdiction; “[t]hey possess only that power authorized by 20 Constitution and statute, which is not to be expanded by judicial decree.” Kokkonen v. Guardian 21 Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994) (citation omitted). Accordingly, “[i]t is to be 22 presumed…