Petit Jackson v. Der Nederlanden

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: March 19, 2026
• Docket: 24-6631
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 19 2026 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MOCIENNE ELIZABETH PETIT No. 24-6631 JACKSON, D.C. No. 2:24-cv-05291-SPG-PD Plaintiff - Appellant, MEMORANDUM* v.

STAAT DER NEDERLANDEN, Lawyer; PELS RIJCKEN, Lawyer; STAAT DER BELGIUM,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Sherilyn Peace Garnett, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 16, 2026**

Before: SILVERMAN, NGUYEN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

Mocienne Elizabeth Petit Jackson appeals pro se from the district court’s

judgment dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction her action against the

* 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). Netherlands, Belgium, and a law firm. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. We review de novo a district court’s sua sponte dismissal for lack of

subject matter jurisdiction. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. Team Equip., Inc., 741 F.3d

1082, 1086 (9th Cir. 2014). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Petit Jackson’s action for lack of

subject matter jurisdiction because Petit Jackson failed to allege a federal question,

establish the requirements for diversity jurisdiction, or establish an exception to

sovereign immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”). See

28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 (setting forth requirements for federal question jurisdiction),

1332(a) (setting forth requirements for diversity jurisdiction); Broidy Cap. Mgmt.,

LLC v. State of Qatar, 982 F.3d 582, 589-94 (9th Cir. 2020) (explaining that “[t]he

FSIA is the sole basis for obtaining jurisdiction over a foreign state in a civil

action,” and explaining the requirements for obtaining FSIA jurisdiction (citation

and internal quotation marks omitted)).

All pending motions are denied. The clerk will maintain all provisionally

sealed documents under seal.

AFFIRMED.

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