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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD E. GIESE; PATRICK E.

RUNYON; TERRI E. RUNYON;

JOSEPH S. SHUSTER;

GEORGANNE L. SHUSTER;

EVERADO VIDRIO; and ZEFERINA

VIDRIO,

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 15cv2670 JM(JLB)

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

v.

BOSTIK, INC.; DAVID C.

GREENBAUM CO. INC.;

LEONARD’S CARPET SERVICE,

INC.,

Defendants.

On November 11, 2015, Plaintiffs filed the original complaint and, on June 29,

2016, Plaintiffs filed the Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”). The court dismisses

the SAC because Plaintiffs fail to set forth the basis for the court’s subject matter

jurisdiction as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(1).

Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. “Without jurisdiction the court

cannot proceed at all in any cause. Jurisdiction is power to declare the law, and when

it ceasesto exist, the only function remaining to the court isthat of announcing the fact

and dismissing the cause.” Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 523 U.S. 83,

94 (1998) (quoting Ex parte McCardle, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 506, 514, 19 L.Ed. 264

(1868)). Accordingly, federal courts are under a continuing duty to confirm their

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jurisdictional power and are even “obliged to inquire sua sponte whenever a doubt

arises as to [its] existence. . . .” Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Doyle, 429

U.S. 274, 278 (1977) (citations omitted). 

Here, Plaintiffs have failed to identify the basis for the court’s exercise ofsubject

matter jurisdiction. Accordingly, the court dismisses the SAC. The Clerk of Court is

instructed to close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 1, 2016

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

cc: All parties

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