Sollenne Family Trust v. Cmg Mortgage, Inc. , 691 F. App'x 857 ( 2017 )


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  •                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                         MAY 31 2017
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    SOLLENNE FAMILY TRUST; et al.,                   No. 15-56296
    Plaintiffs-Appellants,           D.C. No. 3:15-cv-00200-BEN-
    WVG
    v.
    CMG MORTGAGE, INC.; et al.,                      MEMORANDUM*
    Defendants-Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Southern District of California
    Roger T. Benitez, District Judge, Presiding
    Submitted May 24, 2017**
    Before:      THOMAS, Chief Judge, and SILVERMAN and RAWLINSON,
    Circuit Judges.
    Plaintiffs appeal pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing for lack
    of jurisdiction their action alleging various claims arising from a foreclosure sale.
    We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Gager v.
    United States, 
    149 F.3d 918
    , 920 (9th Cir. 1998). We affirm.
    *
    This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
    except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
    **
    The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
    without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    The district court properly dismissed plaintiffs’ action for lack of subject
    matter jurisdiction because plaintiffs failed to allege facts sufficient to show that
    there is a federal claim or that there is complete diversity between the parties. See
    28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332, 2201; Cal. Shock Trauma Air Rescue v. State Comp. Ins.
    Fund, 
    636 F.3d 538
    , 543 (9th Cir. 2011) (“[T]he operation of the Declaratory
    Judgment Act is procedural only and does not confer arising under jurisdiction.”
    (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); In re Digimarc Corp. Derivative
    Litig., 
    549 F.3d 1223
    , 1234 (9th Cir. 2008) (“Diversity jurisdiction requires
    complete diversity between the parties–each defendant must be a citizen of a
    different state from each plaintiff.”); see also Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co.
    of Am., 
    511 U.S. 375
    , 377 (1994) (party asserting federal jurisdiction bears the
    burden of proving jurisdiction).
    Plaintiffs’ opposed emergency motion to stay foreclosure proceedings
    (Docket Entry No. 25) is denied.
    AFFIRMED.
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