Free Motion to Amend/Correct - District Court of California - California

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Chad Austin" Esq. SBN235457 3129India Street SanDieso.CA 92103-601 4 (619) Telephoie: 297-8888 Facsimile: (619) 295-1401 Attorney Plaintiff, for JAMESM. KINDER,anindividual

UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT SoUTHERNDISTRICTOF CALIFoRNIA

JAML,sM. KtNDtrR. Plaintifl v' HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMEN'I', and Inc. D O E S I t h r o u g h 0 0 .i n c l u s i v e . 1 Def-cndants.

Case No. 07 CV 2226 DMS (A.lB) Judge: IIon. DanaM. Sabraw Mag..ludgc: llon. Anthony.f. Ilattaglia PLAINTIFF .IAMESM. KINI)ER'S MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND A U T H O R I T I E S I N S U P P O R TO F MOTION TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [)ate: .lanuary 200tt 25. Time: 1:30 .m. o I'lacc: Courirooml0 I. INTRODUCTION

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TO THE COURT. ALL PARTIESAND THEIR ATTORNT]YSOF.RTICORD: PI,EASE

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22 23 24 TAKE NOTICE THAT PlaintiffJAMES M. KINDFIR olhereby submits this Mcmorandum Points andAuthorities Support his Motion to IrileliirstAmended in adding of Complaint, additionaldefendants.

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TI.STATEMENTOF FACTS in Courl 2,2007 Plaintiff this On October commenced action SanDiegoSuperior . I (AJB) DMS CASI] 07CV 2226 NO.

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throughhis attomey,ChadAustin. On November27,2007 Defendant removecl action1o this ,

on flled a Motion to 2 this court based diversityof citizenship.On November30,2007.Defendant
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Dismiss,pursuant Federal to Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) I 2 (b) (2), (6), allegingrharthis jurisdictionover Defendant court doesnot havepersonal IIARRAII'S F.NTERTAINMEN'f.Inc. That motion is setto be heardJanuary .2008 at 10:30 a.m.in Courtrclom 0. 7 1

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120daysafier commencement this actionby which I'laintifl'musthavcserved of all

"Doe" defendants, pursuant FRCP4 (m) [if appliedby the Courtl. is .lanuary 2008. to 30. Therefbre, the relief soughthereinis not granted, if Plaintiff niay foreverlosethe right 1oamend his complaintto add diverse defendants who areparties absolutely necessary thc full and llnal 1o

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III. AUTHORITY
Leaveto amend "shallbe fieelygivenwhenjusticeso requires."FRCI' l5 (a). ^Vc,also, Allenv. Citv of Beverb, Hills, 19tr'Cir. 1990)911 F2d 367.373, Friedlantlar Nim,t, v. llltr'['ir. 1985)755F2d 810,813. The policyfavoringliberalgranting leave amendserves of to thc

ofiudicial economy allowingall possible by claimsagainst necessary all del-endants to 1 9 interests

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purpose laudable would be served allowing Plaintiffto file a First AmendedCornplaint. by for
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'l'his assertall causes action againstall necessary of defendants togetherin the sameproceeding.

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reasons forth below. set

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IV. ARGUMENT
2 A. THERE ARE UNNAMED, DIVERSE "HARRAH'S" ENTITIES WHO ARE NECESSARYPARTIES TO THIS ACTION As statedin the Declarationof Chad Austin, filed concurrently herewith,thereare at least five (5) otherHarrah'sentities that needto be namedas defendants orderto fully and finallv in adjudicate Plaintiff s claimsin this action. Plaintiff hasreceived scparate 7 unlawlul prerecorded telemarketing calls lrom Harrah'sentities["Harrah'sEntcrlainment. Inc." is the urnbrclla companyfor manydifferent"llarrah's" entitics,scveral which are ncccssary of parties this to actionin that the prerecorded telemarketing complained o1'herein relates casinos to ownedby or operated thosevariousHarrah'sentities]. by

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Plaintiffis informed andbelicves thatthe Harrah's RinconC'asino owncdbv thc is RinconBandof MissionIndians and is operated IIARRAII'S ENl'tllt'l'AINMIIN'l',Inc.(a by Delaware corporation) and/orIIARRAH'S OPERATINGCOMPANY. Inc. (a l)elaware (a corporation) and/orHARRAH'S MARKETING SERVICESCORPORAT'ION Nevada corporation) and/orIIARRAH'S LICENSECOMPANY. LLC (a Nevada limitedliability company).One (1) of the unlawfulprerecorded telemarketing callsto I'laintifl's numbcr

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promoted Ilarrah's RinconCasinoin Vallcy Ccntcr.SanDiego assigned a pagingservice to the County.California.

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Plaintiff is informedand believes that HARRAH'S LAUGHLIN. Inc. (a Nevada

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"Harrah's Two (2) of theunlawful operates Laughlin Casino." corporation) ownsand/or 7 3 D ( CASE 07CV2226 M S AJ B) NO.

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prerecorded telemarketing callscomplained in this actionwere callspromotingthe I larrah's of
Laughlin Casino in Laughlin, Nevada.

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Plaintiff is informed and believesthat HARRAH'S OPERAI.ING COMPANY. Inc. owns

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telemarketing callscomplained in this actionwerecallspromotingthe Ilarrah's Las Vegas of Casinoin Las Vegas, Nevada.

Plaintiffis informed andbelieves thatHBR RIrAI-TYCOMPANY. Inc.(a Ncvada corporation) owns"Harrah's CouncilBluffs Casino.'" One(l) o1'the unlawlulprcrccordcd telemarketing callscomplained in this actionwas a call promoling Flarrah's of the Councillllull's Casinoin Council Blulfs. Iowa.

Plaintiff is informedand believes that HBR REALTY COMPANY. Inc. (a Nevada corporation) owns"Harrah's Metropolis Casino."Onc (l) of the unlawfulprcrccordcd telemarketing callscomplained in this actionwas a call promotingthe l{arrah'sMctropolis of Casinoin Metropolis, Illinois.

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Also, as statedin the Declarationof Chad Austin. attached heretoand incorporated herein
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(Harrah'sLaughlinCasino, by reference, eachof the websites the Harrah'sCasinos for Harrah's Las VegasCasino,Harrah'sRinconCasino,Harrah'sMetropolisCasinoand Harrah'sCouncil Bluffs Casino)lists at the bottomof the page"O 2001Harrah'sLicenseCompany,LLC. All
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rights reserved." Therefore, Harrah'sLicenseCompany,LLC is or at the very leastmay be a

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V. CONCLUSION The liberalpolicy of grantingleavcto amendfound in the Fcderal Ruleso1'Civil Procedure would clearlybe served grantingthis motion to Ille a First Antended by Complaint. Grantingleaveto amendwould alsoresultin lessexpense the partiessoughtherein1obe to namedbecause claimsagainst all thosediverseHarrah'sEntities would be ad.judicated a single in action, ratherthan in 6 separate actions.

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Irorthese reasons, well as all of the otherreasons as stated abovc,I'laintill-rcspectlully requests this Courtgranthis Motion to File IrirstAmendedComplaint. that

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By: /s/ ChadAustin CIIAD AtJSI'lN. lrsq.,Atlorneylor Plaintiff. JAMES M. KINI)ttR Emai| : chadaustin(4)cox. net

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