Peace Love Lightning v. Officer 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PEACE LOVE LIGHTNING, Case No. 23-cv-05067-TSH

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

v. PERSONAL JURISDICTION

OFFICER 1, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Peace Love Lightning, proceeding pro se, brings this case against police officers in Bartlett, Tennessee, alleging constitutional violations related to an incident that took place at a Walmart parking lot in Bartlett in June 2023. Compl., ECF No. 1. However, Plaintiff’s complaint fails to establish any basis for asserting personal jurisdiction over the out-of-state defendants. “Federal courts ordinarily follow state law in determining the bounds of their jurisdiction over persons.” Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. 117, 125 (2014). Where “there is no applicable federal statute governing personal jurisdiction, the law of the state in which the district court sits 19 applies.” Harris Rutsky & Co. Ins. Servs. v. Bell & Clements Ltd., 328 F.3d 1122, 1129 (9th Cir. 20 2003) (citations…