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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

BARRY CRABB and PLAINTIFFS

MATTHEW McBRIDE, 

Individually and as Class

Representatives on Behalf of 

All Similarly Situated Persons 

VS. CASE NO. 4:07-CV-4040

GODADDY.COM, INC. and 

THE GO DADDY GROUP, INC. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Before the Court is a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint or For Transfer

of Venue, filed on behalf of Defendants GoDaddy.com, Inc. and The Go Daddy Group, Inc. (Doc.

58). Plaintiffs have responded in opposition. (Doc. 63). Defendants have replied to Plaintiffs’

response. (Doc. 65). 

In the course of briefing the motion, Defendantsincluded and rely upon, among other things,

the Declarations of Ben Butler, (Doc.57-3) Nate Curran, (Doc. 57-8) Teri Dhooge, (Doc. 57-10) Pam

Bunn, (Doc. 57-11) Larry Hartman, (Doc. 57-12) and Ron Hertz (Doc. 48). Additionally,

Defendants include a Parked Page Service Agreement (Doc. 57-7) as an exhibit to the motion. In

their response, Plaintiffs request that the Court treat the motion to dismiss as one for summary

judgment, giving them an opportunity to present pertinent material in response.

Upon review, the record reveals that Defendants have presented matters outside the pleadings

which the Court cannot exclude from consideration. Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(d), Defendants’

Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint or For Transfer of Venue must be treated

as one for summary judgment under Rule 56. Rule 12(d) further provides that “[a]ll parties must be

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given a reasonable opportunity to present all material that is pertinent to the motion.” 

Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint or For

Transfer of Venue should be and hereby is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO REFILING.

Defendants are instructed to re-file the Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint or

For Transfer of Venue as a motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56. The Court will

afford Plaintiffs a reasonable opportunity to present all material pertinent to the motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 30th day of September, 2008. 

/s/Harry F. Barnes 

Hon. Harry F. Barnes 

United States District Judge

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