Renat Yakub v. Qatar Airways Group (Q.C.S.C.), et al.

• Court: District Court, N.D. California
• Decided: December 19, 2025
• Docket: 3:25-cv-09586
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 RENAT YAKUB, Case No. 25-cv-09586-CRB

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE 10 v.

11 QATAR AIRWAYS GROUP (Q.C.S.C.), et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Plaintiff Renat Yakub, proceeding pro se, brings an action against Defendant Qatar 14 Airways Group based on the purported cancellation of his return ticket from Kazakhstan to 15 San Francisco, California. Compl. (dkt. 1) at 4. The only problem is that Yakub already 16 filed a substantially similar complaint based on the same underlying facts that the Court 17 previously dismissed for a lack of jurisdiction and without leave to amend. Order (dkt. 20) 18 in Yakub v. Qatar Airways Group, 25-cv-04142-CRB (Aug. 19, 2025). The Court 19 explained that the Montreal Convention—Yakub’s basis for federal question jurisdiction— 20 did not apply to his claim. Id. at 2. The Court permitted Yakub to re-raise his claims, just 21 “in a court of competent jurisdiction.” Id. Yet in this action, Yakub brings the same 22 claims and again asserts that the Montreal Convention conveys federal question 23 jurisdiction. Compl. at 2. 24 The Court can dismiss an action sua sponte pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 25 Procedure 41(b). Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260 (9th Cir. 1992), as amended 26 (May 22, 1992) (Rule 41(b) allows a court to “dismiss an action for failure to comply with 27 any order of the court.”). And it chooses to do so here because its reasoning in the prior 1 || action still applies and Yakub failed to comply with the Court’s explicit instructions. In 2 consideration of his pro se status, the Court clarifies for Yakub that, as pleaded, he does 3 || not have jurisdiction in federal court but may be able to file in another court that has 4 || jurisdiction. 5 For the foregoing reasons, the Court DISMISSES this action without leave to 6 || amend but without preyudice to Yakub bringing these claims in a court of competent 7 || jurisdiction. 8 IT IS SO ORDERED. 9 Dated: December 19, 2025 x Kk — □ CHARLES R. BREYER 10 United States District Judge 11 2 12

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