Free Proposed Order - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-04755-JSW

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BIRNBERG & ASSOCIATES CORY A. BIRNBERG (SBN 105468) BIRNBERG & ASSOCIATES 703 Market Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94103 Telephone: (415) 398-1040 Facsimile: (415) 398-2001 Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOHN GIDDING, PIVOTAL, INC.

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BIRNBERG & ASSOCIATES
703 MARKET STREET SUITE 600 SAN FRANCISCO CA, 94103 TEL (415) 398-1040 FAX (415) 398-2001

JOHN GIDDING, PIVOTAL, INC.

) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) DEREK ANDERSON, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) __________________________________ )

Case No. C-7-04755-JW [PROPOSED] ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS DATE: AUGUST 29, 2008 TIME: 9:00 A.M. PLACE: CTRM. 2, 17TH FLOOR

The motion of Defendants Derek Anderson, Plantagenet Capital Management LLC, Plantagenet Capital America LLC, Plantagenet Capital Fund LP, and Plantagenet Capital Fund LP II, PLB Holdings SA, and Plantagenet Partners SA ("Plantagenet Defendants") to

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dismiss Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint ("SAC") came on regularly for hearing on the above captioned date and time. After appearances of the respective counsel for the parties, and consideration of the pleadings and oral argument, the Court finds as follows: Plaintiffs have demonstrated that service on PPSA and PLB through C. Derek Anderson was proper. Plaintiffs have demonstrated that the allegations in the SAC are adequate to establish a claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), Title 18, United States Code, sections 1961-1968. Further, the SAC as written states a claim to relief that is plausible on its face, and therefore satisfies the standard set out in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly (2007) 127 S. Ct. 1955. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. denied; 2. denied; and 3. Plantagenet Defendants are ordered to answer the Second Amended Plantagenet Defendants' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is Plantagenet Defendants' motion to dismiss for lack of proper service is

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated:

_________________________________ HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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