MacEwen v. Inslee

Opinion

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3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 DREW MACEWEN, et al., CASE NO. C20-5423 BHS 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER DISMISSING 9 v. COMPLAINT WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR LACK OF 10 JAY INSLEE, in his official capacity as JURISDICTION the Governor of Washington, 11 Defendant. 12 13 This matter comes before the Court on the order to show cause. Dkt. 43. 14 On July 24, 2020, the Court sua sponte questioned its jurisdiction to hear 15 Plaintiffs’ claims and ordered any party to show cause why the Court should not dismiss 16 the complaint without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. Id. The Court set July 31, 2020 17 as the deadline for any response. Id. As of today’s date, no party has responded or 18 shown adequate cause. Therefore, the Court sua sponte dismisses Plaintiffs’ complaint 19 without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. In re Jackson, 184 F.3d 1046, 1048 (9th Cir. 20 1999) (“Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity limits the jurisdiction of the federal 21 22 1 courts and can be raised by a party at any time during judicial proceedings or by the court 2 sua sponte.”).

3 The Clerk shall enter judgment and close this case. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 Dated this 10th day of August, 2020. A 6 7 BENJAMIN H. SETTLE 8 United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22