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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Wells Fargo Bank NA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Breakwater Equity Partners LLC, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-13-01475-PHX-DGC

ORDER 

 Multiple motions to dismiss the first amended complaint are pending in this case 

(Doc. 98, 99, 100), and have been joined by various Defendants (Docs. 111, 116). Wells 

Fargo has also moved to substitute a real party in interest. Doc. 129. Because the Court 

previously granted Plaintiff’s Motion to File a Second Amended Complaint (Doc. 117), 

and for the reasons that follow, the Court will deny as moot the motions to dismiss 

(Docs. 98, 99, 100), and grant the motion to substitute a real party in interest. (Doc. 

129)1

 

I. Motions to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint. 

 Various Defendants have filed motions to dismiss alleging that Plaintiff 

improperly identified its own citizenship for purposes of diversity jurisdiction. Docs. 98, 

99, 100. Plaintiff alleges that “even if the citizenship of a trust is based on the citizenship 

of the trustee, diversity jurisdiction still exists because the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, 

 

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 The request for oral argument is denied because the issues have been adequately briefed and oral argument will not aid the Court’s decision. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b); 

Partridge v. Reich, 141 F.3d 920, 926 (9th Cir. 1998). 

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N.A. is a citizen of South Dakota” and “none of the Defendants are citizens of South 

Dakota.” Id. 

II. Motion to Substitute Real Party in Interest. 

 Pursuant to Rule 17(a), Plaintiff has moved to substitute 4801 East Washington 

Street Holdings, LLC, as a real party in interest. Doc. 129 at 2. Defendants do not 

oppose the motion. Because the Court concludes that the real party in interest has been 

substituted within a reasonable time, the Court will grant Plaintiff’s motion. 

IT IS ORDERED: 

1. Defendants’ motions to dismiss (Doc. 98, 99, 100) are denied as moot. 

 2. Plaintiff’s motion to substitute 4801 East Washington Street Holdings, LLC 

 as the real party in interest (Doc. 129) is granted. 

 Dated this 14th day of January, 2014. 

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