Opinion
Civil Action 24-03106 (UNA)
11-27-2024
MAY CHEN, Plaintiff, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ANA C. REYES, United States District Judge
Pro se Plaintiff May Chen, a District of Columbia resident, sues the District of Columbia, Maryland, and California for Negligence. Compl., ECF No. 1 at 1. The Complaint, to the extent intelligible, accuses Defendants of violating “court rules, federal law” and federal regulations “referenced” in Plaintiff's multiple lawsuits, id. at 5, allegedly filed between November 2021 and October 2024, id. at 4. Plaintiff demands “$5900000000000000000000 USD and prosecution against Defendants.” Id.
Plaintiff's negligence complaint is captioned appropriately as brought under the diversity statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, but the states and the District of Columbia “are not subject to diversity jurisdiction.” Long v. District of Columbia, 820 F.2d 409, 412-13 (D.C. Cir. 1987). Consequently, this case will be dismissed by separate order. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(h)(3) (requiring dismissal of the action “if the court determines at any time that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction”).