Kleidman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 PETER KLEIDMAN, Case No. 22-cv-06355-NC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO PLAINTIFF AS TO WHY THE v. COURT SHOULD NOT DISMISS COMPLAINT BERNIE MURPHY, and others, Re: ECF. 1 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff Peter Kleidman filed this action in federal court on October 21, 2022. Plaintiff invokes federal diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The Court ORDERS Plaintiff to show cause as to why this matter should not be dismissed for lack of diversity jurisdiction. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction with subject matter jurisdiction over matters authorized by the Constitution and Congress. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). Diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1) requires complete diversity of citizenship and an amount in controversy in excess of $75,000. …