Bell v. Michaels Management Services, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 STEVE BELL, and others, Case No. 21-cv-04535-NC 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE SHOULD NOT BE v. DISMISSED FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER

MICHAELS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, JURISDICTION

INC., and others, Re: ECF 1 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Steve Bell filed a complaint against Defendants on June 11, 2021. ECF 1. In the complaint, Bell alleges that the Court has subject matter jurisdiction “because the Military Installation(s) where the housing at issue is located is within the geographical boundaries of Monterey County.” Id. at 5. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and are presumptively without jurisdiction. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). A district court can have subject matter jurisdiction through federal question or diversity jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332. The conclusory 25 …