J.G.
J.G. v. Rincon Valley Union School District
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 J.G., Case No. 24-cv-00600-SK
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
9 v.
10 RINCON VALLEY UNION SCHOOL
DISTRICT,
11 Defendant. 12 13 The parties initiated this action with a joint petition seeking court approval of a settlement 14 agreement. (Dkt. No. 1.) The parties have invoked the Court’s federal question jurisdiction based 15 on federal claims that are settled through the agreement. According to the petition, the parties 16 executed the settlement agreement in December 2023, which contains a condition that “Petitioner 17 shall . . . prepare and file a Petition with a court of competent jurisdiction for approval of the 18 Agreement as a valid compromise of” the minor child’s rights. (Dkt. No. 1-2, § (3)(a)(iii).) 19 Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. See, e.g., Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. 20 Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). Federal courts can only adjudicate cases which the 21 Constitution or Congress authorize them to adjudicate: those cases…