Brady K. Armstrong v. Yates et al

Filing 59

ORDER DENYING Plaintiff's Motion for Court Intervention for Lack of Jurisdiction 58 , signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 11/21/13. (Hellings, J)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 BRADY K. ARMSTRONG, 9 10 11 Plaintiff, v. S. DISHMAN, 12 Case No. 1:10-cv-02380-LJO-DLB PC ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR COURT INTERVENTION FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION (ECF No. 58) Defendant. 13 14 15 Plaintiff Brady K. Armstrong (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. On August 21, 2013, the Court granted Plaintiff’s 16 Motion for Default Judgment and entered judgment against Defendant S. Dishman in the amount of 17 $2,500.00. 18 intervention to provide Plaintiff with the court ordered settlement. (ECF No. 58.) 19 (ECF Nos. 55 & 56.) On November 4, 2013, Plaintiff filed a motion for court “Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They possess only that power authorized by 20 Constitution and statute.” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377, 114 S. Ct. 21 22 1673, 1675, 128 L. Ed. 2d 391 (1994). It is to be presumed that a cause lies outside this limited 23 jurisdiction. Id. Here, the Court has entered judgment and no longer retains jurisdiction in this 24 matter. Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for court intervention is 25 DENIED for lack of jurisdiction. 26 27 28 IT IS SO ORDERED. 1 1 2 Dated: /s/ Dennis November 21, 2013 L. Beck UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 3 4 DEAC_Signature-END: 3b142a 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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