Davis

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ASTARTE DAVIS, Case No. 23-cv-04147-TLT

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 1 10 JOAN MAHER, et al., Defendants. 11

12 Plaintiff Astarte Davis brings suit against her former husband Loyal Davis, Loyal’s “live[-] 13 in companion” Joan Maher, his mother Betty Davis, his attorney Stephen Kaufmann, and the 14 Marin County Superior Court Trustee. See Compl. ¶¶ 11, 15, 24, ECF No. 1. She seeks property 15 that she shared with Loyal that she lost in a state court proceeding in 1975. See id. ¶¶ 78–140. 16 Considering the issue sua sponte, the Court holds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction. It 17 therefore DISMISSES the Complaint WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 Loyal and Ms. Davis were married in 1958. Id. ¶ 78. Together, they acquired “multiple 20 pieces of real property in joint tenancy.” Id. ¶ 79. In 1969, Loyal filed for an annulment. Id. 21 Shortly after filing for the annulment, he allegedly forged Ms. Davis’s signature and conveyed 22 some of the…