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Nature of Suit Code: 240
Nature of Suit: Torts to Land
Cause of Action: 28:1331(a) Fed. Question: Real Property

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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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17 Defendants 22 DM, LP and Scott Jacoby as Trustee of the Camino Ciel Trust u/t/d 2022 

18 have filed an ex parte application to dismiss a cause of action and expunge a lis pendens—a 

19 notice about this lawsuit affixed to real property. Ex Parte App., ECF No. 55-1. They have also 

20 submitted a declaration attesting to their conversations with opposing counsel and their inability 

21 to secure a stipulation to resolve the dispute. Bernstein Decl., ECF No. 56. Plaintiff Johnny Kan 

22 filed an untimely opposition. Resp., ECF No. 57. 

23 Defendants’ application and declaration do not satisfy defendants’ required showing under 

24 this court’s standing order. Ex parte applications must include “an affidavit indicating a 

25 satisfactory explanation for . . . why such request cannot be noticed on the court’s motion 

26 calendar as provided by Local Rule 230.” Standing Order at 5, ECF No. 5-1. Defendants have 

27 offered no such explanation. Moreover, they have not explained why an expedited briefing 

28 schedule is necessary for this issue. In fact, defendants’ ex parte application reveals no apparent 

Johnny Kenneth Kan, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Verdera Community Association, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:22-cv-00348-KJM-JDP 

ORDER 

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1 exigency: the lis pendens in question was recorded on September 19, 2022—more than a year and 

2 a half ago. Because defendants have not explained why this request cannot be noticed on the 

3 court’s motion calendar, nor have they indicated exigent circumstances, the court denies the 

4 ex parte request without prejudice. 

5 This order resolves ECF No. 55. 

6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

7 DATED: June 8, 2023. 

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