Great America Insurance Company et al v. Chang et al

Filing 17

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT 12 Defendants' Motion to Dismiss 1 Plaintiffs' Original Complaint. The First Amended Complaint is the operative complaint in this matter. Signed by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on 6/6/2012. (lblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/6/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Northern District of California

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San Francisco
GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE
COMPANY, et al.,

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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Plaintiffs,

No. C 12-00833 LB
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO DISMISS AS MOOT

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v.

[Re: ECF Nos. 12, 15]

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MICHAEL CHANG, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiffs instituted this action on February 21, 2012. Complaint, ECF No. 1. On May 16, 2012,

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Defendants moved to dismiss Plaintiffs’ complaint. Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 12.1 In response,

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Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

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15(a)(1)(B). First Amended Complaint, ECF No. 16. Although it does not appear that Plaintiffs

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added many new allegations, those that were added appear to have been directed toward at least one

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of the arguments in Defendants’ motion to dismiss. See FAC, ECF No. 16 at 2-3, 7, 28-29, 44, ¶¶ 4-

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5, 20, 96; Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 12 at 7-8. Accordingly, Defendants’ motion to dismiss

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Plaintiffs’ original complaint is DENIED AS MOOT.

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This disposes of ECF Nos. 12 and 15.

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Citations are to the Electronic Case File (“ECF”) with pin cites to the electronic page
number at the top of the document, not the pages at the bottom.
C 12-00833 LB
ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: June 6, 2012
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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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C 12-00833 LB
ORDER

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