Harry and David, an Oregon Corporation v. J&P Acquisition, Inc. et al

Filing 30

ORDER: Magistrate Judge Clarke's Report and Recommendation 28 is adopted. Defendants Donald Hachenberger's and Glenda Hachenberger's motion to dismiss 19 is granted without prejudice, with leave to re-file against Defendants Hachenberger in Delaware. The claims against Defendant J&P Acquisition remain unchanged. Please access entire text by document number hyperlink. Ordered and signed on 12/17/2009 by Judge Owen M. Panner. (jw)

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IN THE UNITED STATES D I S T R I C T COURT FOR THE D I S T R I C T OF OREGON HARRY AND DAVID, a n O r e g o n Corporation, Civ. No. 09-3056-CL Plaintiff,

v.
J&P A C Q U I S I T I O N , a D e l a w a r e C o r p o r a t i o n , DONALD HACHENBERGER, a n d GLENDA HACHENBERGER, Defendants.

ORDER

PANNER, D i s t r i c t J u d g e :

M a g i s t r a t e J u d g e M a r k D. C l a r k e f i l e d a R e p o r t a n d R e c o m m e n d a t i o n , a n d t h e m a t t e r i s now b e f o r e t h i s c o u r t . U.S.C.
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S e e 28

6 3 6 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( B ) , F e d . R. C i v . P . 7 2 ( b ) .

Although no

objections have been filed, this court reviews the legal principles de novo. See Lorin Corp. v Goto & Co., Ltd., 700 F.2d

1202, 1206 (9th Cir. 1983). I have given this matter de novo review. Although Harry and

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ORDER

David i s m i s t a k e n l y r e f e r r e d t o a s a D e l a w a r e c o r p o r a t i o n o n p a g e 15, this error is harmless as i t is not unreasonable that an Oregon corporation would agree to an out-of-state forum selection clause given the facts here. A c c o r d i n g l y , I ADOPT t h e R e p o r t a n d

Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Clarke.
CONCLUSION

Magistrate Judge Clarke's Report and Recommendation (#28) i s adopted. Defendants Donald Hachenberger's and Glenda

Hachenberger's motion to dismiss (#19) i s granted without prejudice, with leave to re-file against Defendants Hachenberger in Delaware. unchanged. I T I S SO ORDERED. T h e c l a i m s a g a i n s t D e f e n d a n t J&P A c q u i s i t i o n r e m a i n

DATED t h i s ~ d a y o f D e c e m b e r , 2 0 0 9 .

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