Wood
Wood v. SGT Investments
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANDREA WOOD, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08784-WHO
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
v. DISMISS
SGT INVESTMENTS, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 16, 25, 26 Defendants.
12 Defendants Tom Malgesini and the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office (“Sheriff’s Office”) separately moved to dismiss a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) filed by pro se plaintiff Andrea Wood, arising from the foreclosure sale of Wood’s home and her subsequent eviction. Wood has pleaded a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, so federal question jurisdiction exists. But she has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted because the Fourteenth Amendment violation is alleged only against a real estate group, not a state actor. Dismissal is therefore warranted under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). That is the only claim over which I have original jurisdiction. I decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims, and…