Carrasco v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society et al

Filing 9

ORDER denying 4 Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Judge David G Campbell on 8/18/2014.(DGC, nvo)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Rebecca Carrasco,

No. CV-14-01585-PHX-DGC
Plaintiff,

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v.

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ORDER

Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan
Society, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Defendant The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society has filed a motion
to dismiss. Doc. 4. The Court will deny the motion.

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Defendant’s motion does not cite a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure upon which

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dismissal could be granted. Instead of relying on Rule 12(b), Defendant argues that

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Plaintiff’s complaint should be dismissed because she agreed to binding arbitration.

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Doc. 4 at 2. In support, Defendant cites facts outside of the pleadings, as does Plaintiff’s

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response. The Court will not consider these facts. See Arpin v. Santa Clara Valley

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Transp. Agency, 261 F.3d 912, 925 (9th Cir. 2001) (refusing to consider matters outside

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the pleadings in deciding motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint). With the extra-

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pleading facts disregarded, the Court finds no basis in the motion for dismissing

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Plaintiff’s claim. 1

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Plaintiff asserts that the Court should treat Defendant’s motion as one for
summary judgment because the Court has been asked to consider matters outside the
pleading. Doc. 5 at 1. But summary judgment is a merits determination and Defendant’s
argument does not address the merits of Plaintiff’s complaint. The Court therefore will
not convert Defendant’s motion to one for summary judgment.

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The Court will not construe Defendant’s motion as a motion to compel arbitration
because the motion does not seek that relief.

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IT IS ORDERED that Defendant’s motion to dismiss (Doc. 4) is denied.

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Dated this 18th day of August, 2014.

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