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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUSAN FITZPATRICK, on behalf 

of herself and all others 

similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

BIG HEART PET BRANDS,

Defendant.

No. 2:16-cv-00063-JAM-AC

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR STAY AND GRANTING 

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

This matter is before the Court on two separate motions.1

 

First, Susan Fitzpatrick (“Plaintiff”) moves the Court to stay 

proceedings in this matter pending an appellate decision in Susan 

Fitzpatrick v. Tyson Foods, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-00058-JAM-EFB, 2016 

WL 5395955 (E.D. Cal. Sep. 27, 2016). ECF No. 23. Plaintiff’s 

Motion to Stay is DENIED. 

Second, Big Heart Pet Brands (“Defendant”) moves the Court 

to dismiss this entire action under Federal Rule of Civil 

 

1 This motion was determined to be suitable for decision without 

oral argument. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(g). The hearing was 

scheduled for November 15, 2016.

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Procedure 12(b)(6). ECF No. 24. For the reasons set forth in 

this Court’s dismissal of Plaintiff’s related lawsuit, 

Fitzpatrick, 2016 WL 5395955, the Court GRANTS WITH LEAVE TO 

AMEND Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. With respect to Plaintiff’s 

quasi-contract claim—which was not present in the related 

lawsuit—the Court treats Plaintiff’s failure to respond to 

Defendant’s argument that the Court’s prior holding extends to 

that claim as a concession on that point. See Mot. to Dismiss at 

7, n.3. 

Plaintiff’s amended complaint must be filed within twenty 

days from the date of this Order. Defendant’s responsive 

pleading is due within twenty days thereafter:

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 28, 2016

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