Lightfoot

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DLGP SCRIPPS POWAY APTS, LLC, Case No. 23-cv-843-MMA (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER: (1) SUA SPONTE

v. REMANDING ACTION FOR LACK

OF SUBJECT MATTER

MALACHI LIGHTFOOT, et al.,

JURISDICTION; AND (2) DENYING

Defendants. AS MOOT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

17 [Doc. No. 2] 18 On May 8, 2023, Defendant Malachi Lightfoot, Nadia Stanley, and Monique Hill (“Defendants”), proceeding pro se, filed a Notice of Removal in this unlawful detainer action from the State of California, Superior Court for the County of San Diego, and simultaneously filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Doc. Nos. 1, 2. For the reasons set forth below, the Court sua sponte REMANDS this case to the San Diego County Superior Court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. LEGAL STANDARD Federal courts are of limited jurisdiction. Lowdermilk v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n, 479 F.3d 994,…