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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRIAN H., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 17-cv-03095-MMC 

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' 

MOTION TO DISMISS, OR IN THE 

ALTERNATIVE, TO STRIKE

Re: Dkt. No. 50

Before the Court is defendants’ “Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended 

Complaint, or in the Alternative, Motion to Strike,” filed January 23, 2018, pursuant to 

Rules 12(b)(6) and 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, by which motion 

defendants seek an order dismissing plaintiffs’ Second and Third Causes of Action. 

Plaintiffs have filed opposition, to which defendants have replied. The matter came on 

regularly for hearing on March 2, 2018. Katie J. Spielman appeared on behalf of 

plaintiffs. Joseph E. Laska and Ketakee R. Kane appeared on behalf of defendants. 

The Court having considered the parties’ respective written submissions and the 

arguments of counsel at the hearing, as well as having explored with counsel any

potentially viable basis for amendment, the motion is, for the reasons stated on the 

record at the hearing, hereby GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 5, 2018

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

Case 3:17-cv-03095-MMC Document 61 Filed 03/05/18 Page 1 of 1