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Nature of Suit Code: 999
Nature of Suit: 
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN HUGH VAN AUKEN, No. Misc. S-04-0369-WBS-CMK

Petitioner, 

vs. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

GEORGE T. GOST, et al.,

Respondents.

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Petitioner, who is proceeding pro se, filed a document in this court on November

17, 2004, entitled “Commercial Notice Within the Admiralty of the Filing of Foreign Judgment”

(Doc. 2). In this document, petitioner states:

For and on the record:

The Court and the Public takes judicial notice “within the admiralty ab

initio” by Commercial Notice of the filing of Foreign Judgment

Administrative File Number “JVA08062004CWH” “within the admiralty

IN FACT” established under Notary Court Seal. This Administrative

Judgment is foreign to judicial and all issues have been settled. All

district courts have provisions for filing foreign judgments under

miscellaneous for a standard fee of $39.00 USD.

In a document entitled “Notarial Protest and Notice of Administrative Judgment Certificate of

Dishonor,” attached to his court filing, petitioner references 28 U.S.C. §§ 1333, 1337, 2461, and

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2463, and 15 U.S.C. § 1692 as basis for jurisdiction in this court. However, none of these

statutes appears to relate to petitioner’s filing. Moreover, to the extent petitioner seeks to initiate

an admiralty proceeding, petitioner has not complied with the Supplemental Rules for Certain

Admiralty and Maritime Claims, or the local rules of this court concerning admiralty cases. 

Finally, having reviewed petitioner’s filing, the court cannot discern any request for relief.

Therefore, petitioner will be required to show cause, in writing, why this action

should not be closed. Specifically, for this action to proceed, petitioner must state the statutory

basis for this court to exercise jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h). Petitioner must also state,

in plain English, the nature of his claims and any relief sought from the court. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner shall show cause, in

writing, within 30 days of the date of this order, why this action should not be closed. 

DATED: November 28, 2006.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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