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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332pi Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Robert Ziegler,

Plaintiff,

v.

Betty T. Yee, California State Controller,

Defendant.

Case No.: 17-cv-2102-AJB-BLM

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Pro se plaintiff Robert Ziegler, who refers to himself as “i: a man; prosecutor,” filed 

a complaint against the California State Controller, Betty Yee. (Doc. No. 1.) Under Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 12(h)(3), the Court can dismiss the case “at any time” if it 

determines it “lacks subject-matter jurisdiction . . . .” Federal Courts have “an independent 

obligation to address sua sponte whether [it] has subject-matter jurisdiction.” Dittman v. 

California, 191 F.3d 1020, 1025 (9th Cir. 1999).

Ziegler filed his complaint under diversity jurisdiction. (Doc. No. 1-1 at 1.) To meet 

the requirements of diversity jurisdiction, there must be complete diversity between the 

plaintiff and the defendant, meaning no plaintiff can be the citizen of the same state as any 

defendant. 28 U.S.C. § 1331; Lincoln Prop. Co. v. Roche, 546 U.S. 81, 89 (2005). Here, 

Ziegler’s complaint fails to show there is any diversity between himself and Yee. Ziegler’s 

address is located within the state of California and the defendant is the Controller of 

California. 

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Because diversity jurisdiction is not met, the Court DISMISSES the case without 

prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 20, 2017

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