Fu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TONY FU,

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

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