The following excerpt is from Boone v. Salcedo, Case No. 1:20-cv-01037-EPG (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2020):
2. Plaintiff appears to confuse state court jurisdiction and federal court jurisdiction. "Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They possess only that power authorized by Constitution and statute...." Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). As described in these findings and recommendations, California superior courts are courts of general jurisdiction.
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