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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Case No. 14-CV-05166-LHK 

ORDER REQUESTING FURTHER BRIEFING

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

NATIONWIDE BIWEEKLY 

ADMINISTRATION, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

JAN LYNN OWEN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-CV-05166-LHK 

ORDER REQUESTING FURTHER 

BRIEFING

On November 21, 2014, Plaintiff Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or 

“Nationwide”) filed the instant lawsuit in this Court. See ECF No. 1. Plaintiff’s Complaint 

referenced related litigation pending before the undersigned in a case captioned Loan Payment 

Administration LLC v. Hubanks, No. 14-CV-4420-LHK (N.D. Cal.).1 ECF No. 1 ¶ 7. On January 

9, 2015, Defendant Jan Owen (“Defendant”), in her official capacity as Commissioner of the 

Department of Business Oversight for the State of California (“DBO”), filed a motion to dismiss 

Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12. ECF No. 30. On page nine 

of Defendant’s motion, Defendant argued that the Court should abstain under Younger v. Harris, 

 

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In the related action, Nationwide is a plaintiff, and the defendants include the district attorneys 

for Marin and Monterey counties. 

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401 U.S. 37 (1971). ECF No. 30 at 9 n.2. This motion was set for hearing on April 16, 2015. 

ECF No. 49. The Court subsequently vacated the hearing date, finding the motion suitable for 

decision without oral argument, and has not yet issued an order disposing of the motion. See ECF 

No. 51.

On May 18, 2015, the Defendants in the related proceeding moved to dismiss 

Nationwide’s complaint arguing that the Court should decline to exercise jurisdiction of Plaintiffs’ 

causes of action pursuant to Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, based on an enforcement action filed 

against Plaintiffs in the Superior Court of the State of California on May 15, 2015. See Loan 

Payment Administration LLC v. Hubanks, No. 14-CV-4420-LHK (N.D. Cal. May 18, 2015), ECF 

No. 58. The state court proceeding, California v. Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc., No. 

RG15770490, was brought on behalf of the defendant district attorneys in Loan Payment, the 

Alameda county district attorney, and counsel for the DBO—the defendant in the instant case.

The Court hereby sua sponte ORDERS the parties to provide supplemental briefing 

regarding the impact of the state court enforcement action on Defendant’s motion to dismiss based 

on Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37. Defendant shall file a supplemental brief of no more than five 

(5) pages by June 3, 2015. Plaintiff may file an opposition of no more than five (5) pages by June 

10, 2015. Defendant may file a reply, if any, of no more than two (2) pages by June 17, 2015. 

The Court also SETS a hearing on this issue for June 25, 2015, at 1:30 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 26, 2015 _______________________________

LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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