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Rancheria v. Morgenstern

United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California, Sacramento Division
Mar 20, 2015
2:11-cv-01124-JAM-JFM (E.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2015)

Opinion

          BOUTIN JONES INC., Robert R. Rubin, Michael E. Chase, Sacramento, CA, RAPPORT AND MARSTON, David J. Rapport, Ukiah, CA, Attorneys for plaintiffs Blue Lake Rancheria, Blue Lake Rancheria Economic Development Corp. and Mainstay Business Solutions.


          ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES

          JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

         Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint and Defendants' Motion for Substitution of Parties came on for hearing on March 11, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. in this Court. Counsel for Plaintiffs and counsel for Defendants were in attendance and presented oral arguments on both motions. Having considered the parties' papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motions, oral argument, and other pleadings and papers on file herein, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint and DENIES Defendants' Motion for Substitution of Defendants for the reasons stated by the Court on the record at the hearing.

         IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs Blue Lake Rancheria, Blue Lake Rancheria Economic Development Corp., and Mainstay Business Solutions have leave to file in this action a First Amended Complaint which includes only the following amendments to the Complaint:

1. the addition of Patrick W. Henning, Jr. as a defendant in his official capacity as Director of the Employment Development Department of the State of California; 2. the addition of David Lanier as a defendant in his official capacity as Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and; 3. the removal of Marty Morgenstern as a defendant. The First Amended Complaint shall not name as a defendant any party originally named in the

         Complaint who has subsequently been dismissed from the action, including the State of California, the Employment Development Department, and the "Doe" defendants.

         IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Rancheria v. Morgenstern

United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California, Sacramento Division
Mar 20, 2015
2:11-cv-01124-JAM-JFM (E.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2015)
Case details for

Rancheria v. Morgenstern

Case Details

Full title:BLUE LAKE RANCHERIA, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, et al.…

Court:United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California, Sacramento Division

Date published: Mar 20, 2015

Citations

2:11-cv-01124-JAM-JFM (E.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2015)