Farina

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIELLA MALMQUIST FARINA, Plaintiff, No. C 22-00495 WHA

v.

COUNTY OF NAPA, CALIFORNIA, and ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

JUDGE CYNTHIA P. SMITH,

14 Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Daniella M. Farina has filed a pro se complaint against two defendants, 17 Judge Cynthia P. Smith and the County of Napa, California. She has now voluntarily 18 and as of right dismissed Judge Smith. This order nonetheless exercises our sua 19 esponte obligation to independently inquire into subject-matter jurisdiction. Plaintiff 20 is now ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why all claims against County of Napa should not 21 be dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. 22 At all relevant times, Judge Smith presided over a state suit about inherited 23 property (the “partition action”) involving our plaintiff. That suit remains pending in 24 Napa County Superior Court. See Victor R. Alam v. Daniela Farina, Superior Ct. 25 Napa County, 2020, No. 20CV001167 (Compl. ¶ 8). 26 During an earlier stage of the partition action, plaintiff moved Judge Smith for a…