Keading

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division HILJA KEADING/KEADING FAMILY Case No. 23-cv-03036-LB

TRUST,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 13 v. Re: ECF No. 1

KENTON KEADING,

15 Defendant. 16 Kenton Keading removed this family-trust dispute from the Contra Costa County Superior Court’s Probate Division to this court.1 He asserts federal-question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Specifically, he contends that the state court — which already issued a judgment — violated his federal constitutional rights over the course of the case and lacked subject-matter and personal jurisdiction.2 A second purported defendant, Earth Island Institute, Inc., joined in the removal.3 23 24 1 Notice of Removal – ECF No. 1 at 1–5. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (ECF); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the top of documents. 2 Id. at 2. 26 3 Majumdar Decl. – ECF No. 1-1. Earth Island’s CEO declares that Earth Island has joined as a…