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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

OSCAR SALINAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY; DR. ALLEN 

CALVIN, In His Individual And Official 

Capacity; DR. JAMES BRECKENRIDGE, 

In His Individual And Official Capacity; DR. 

ROBERT RUSSELL, In His Individual And 

Official Capacity; DR. SANDRA MACIAS, 

In Her Individual And Official Capacity; and

DR. AMANDA FANNIFF, In Her Individual 

And Official Capacity,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-06336-HRL 

INTERIM ORDER RE DEFENDANTS'

MOTION TO DISMISS

As discussed at the April 26, 2016 motion hearing, defendants shall submit supplemental 

briefing with respect to their arguments concerning the arbitration clause in the Student Handbook. 

Additionally, with respect to plaintiff’s negligence claim, this court will, upon further reflection,

require defendants to submit authority that their arguments also apply to private schools.1

 

1 Defendants’ cited Wells v. One2One Learning Found., 141 P.2d 225 (Cal. S. Ct. 2006), which 

concerned a charter school that allegedly fraudulently claimed and received public education funds 

from the state. The question presented was whether and under what circumstances public school 

districts, charter schools, and the operators of such schools could be exposed to civil liability 

based on such allegations.

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Defendants’ supplemental briefing shall be submitted by May 3, 2016.

Plaintiff’s response shall be filed by May 10, 2016.

Unless otherwise ordered, the matter will then be deemed submitted without further 

briefing or oral argument.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 26, 2016

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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5:15-cv-06336-HRL Notice has been electronically mailed to:

Michael Joseph Vartain mike@vartainlaw.com, charissa@vartainlaw.com, 

emelina@vartainlaw.com, stacey@vartainlaw.com, william@vartainlaw.com

Oscar Salinas osalinas10@hotmail.com

William Charles Teeling william@vartainlaw.com, charissa@vartainlaw.com, 

emelina@vartainlaw.com

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