Nguyen
Nguyen v. Stephens Institute
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DUY NGUYEN, Case No. 20-cv-04195-JSW Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v. REGARDING STANDING STEPHENS INSTITUTE D/B/A ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants. 15 16 Article III of the Constitution requires courts to adjudicate only actual cases or 17 controversies. See U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, cl. 1. “A suit brought by a plaintiff without Article III 18 standing is not a ‘case or controversy,’ and an Article III federal court therefore lacks subject 19 matter jurisdiction over the suit.” Cetacean Cmty. v. Bush, 386 F.3d 1169, 1174 (9th Cir. 2004) 20 (citing Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 523 U.S. 83, 101 (1998)). A plaintiff must 21 clearly allege facts demonstrating each element. Id. 22 Plaintiff, a student at the Academy of Art University, must support his allegation that he 23 was injured as a result of the school’s alleged breach of contract. Plaintiff claims that he suffered 24 harm as a result of his on-campus classes going online in…