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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PERRY V. MOSS, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, ET AL., 

Defendants.

CASE NO. 18-cv-07035-YGR 

ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR LACK OF 

JURISDICTION 

TO PLAINTIFF PERRY V. MOSS: 

The Court is in receipt of two documents from plaintiff. First, a request to pay the filing 

fee and a statement in which he essentially contests the Court’s dismissal of his complaint. (Dkt. 

No. 12.) Therein, he also appears to suggest that his complaint is based upon an objection to a 

decision by a workers’ compensation administrative law judge, including something to do with an 

“Order Approving Comprimise [sic] and Release (OACR).” (Id. at ECF p. 1.) Second, a letter 

which appears to object to a status conference scheduled before the California State Workers’ 

Compensation Appeals Board (“WCAB”). (Dkt. No. 13). 

First, the Court denies the request to pay the filing fee, as the Court has found that plaintiff 

meets the need qualifications such that payment is not necessary. (Dkt. No. 7.) This decision does 

not affect the legal findings the Court has made. The Court would make the same findings even if 

plaintiff paid the filing fee. 

Second, this Court is a court of limited jurisdiction, and as such, it has discretion to 

dismiss a complaint sua sponte when no basis for federal jurisdiction appears on the face of the 

complaint or when it becomes apparent during the proceedings that the Court lacks jurisdiction. 

S. Pac. Transp. Co. v. City of L.A., 922 F.2d 498, 502 (9th Cir. 1990), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 943 

(1991); Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3). This Court knows of no provision in federal law under which it 

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has jurisdiction to consider workers’ compensation issues or to review the decision of any 

workers’ compensation agency. See U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Lee Invs. LLC, 641 F.3d 1126, 1134

(9th Cir. 2011) (“California’s Workers’ Compensation Act grants the State Board exclusive 

authority to hear claims ‘[f]or the recovery of [workers’] compensation, or concerning any right or 

liability arising out of or incidental thereto.’”) (quoting Cal. Lab. Code § 5300(a)) (alterations in 

original). No federal question appears on the face of plaintiff’s complaint. 

The Court has given plaintiff repeated opportunities to file a complaint which alleged a 

legal claim over which the Court had jurisdiction. (Dkt. Nos. 7, 11.) To date, plaintiff has failed 

to do so other than to file the two documents referenced above. As discussed herein, the most the 

Court can discern is that plaintiff seeks to challenge a decision by a workers’ compensation 

administrative law judge. This is not an issue over which the Court has jurisdiction, and, 

therefore, the Court DISMISSES plaintiff’s case. This dismissal is without prejudice and does not 

operate as an adjudication on the merits. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). Plaintiff may proceed in the 

appropriate court. 

Plaintiff is also advised that this Court has no relationship with the WCAB and therefore 

cannot take any action related to the status conference which the WCAB scheduled. (Dkt. No. 

13). 

Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES plaintiff’s case. The Clerk shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

April 11, 2019

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