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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1964 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

David Randall Jenkins,

Plaintiff,

v.

Southwest Gas Corp., et al., 

Defendants.

CV 09-382-TUC-JMR

ORDER

Pending is a Motion to Dismiss filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

12(b)(6) by Defendants Arizona Pipeline, Jose L. Cota, and Art Heady (collectively, “APL”)

on August 10, 2009. (Doc. #13.) Defendants Southwest Gas Corp., NPL Construction, Scott

A. Krasner, Philip G. Glennie, George Manny, Ron Sorich, Marc Fenn, Bill Meyers, Jose

Caballero, Jr., One Call Locators, and Michael Norman have joined in the motion. (Docs.

#39, 43, 80, and 101.) Plaintiff filed a response on August 24, 2009. (Docs. #30-32.) APL

filed a reply on September 2, 2009. (Doc. #35.)

Pursuant to the Rules of Practice in this Court, this case was assigned to Magistrate

Judge Guerin. On October 5, 2009, Magistrate Judge Guerin issued her Report and

Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. #117) as to Defendants’ motion to dismiss, and, because

the parties had not yet consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate, review of the R&R

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was randomly assigned to Chief Judge Roll. Plaintiff filed his objections to the R&R on

October 19, 2009. On November 3, 2009, this case was reassigned to Chief Judge Roll

pursuant to an election by a party to have the case heard by a district judge under Local Rule

3.8(a).

I. Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

After an independent review of the record and a de novo review of the portions of the

R&R to which Plaintiff has objected, the Magistrate Judge’s R&R is adopted in whole.

Pursuant to the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation, Defendants’ motion to dismiss is

granted and Plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed without prejudice. In filing an amended

complaint that corrects the deficiencies in his original complaint, Plaintiff is instructed to

heed the warnings given in the R&R with regard to articulating his claims in a short, concise,

and understandable manner, avoiding inclusion of futile claims as identified in the R&R, and

adhering to the pleading requirements set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and

the Local Rules. Plaintiff is also advised that he should carefully consider the propriety and

necessity of any future filings given the current procedural posture of this case.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that the findings and recommendations made by the Magistrate

Judge in her October 5, 2009 Report and Recommendation (Doc. #117) are ADOPTED in

whole. Specifically,

(1) Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. #13) is GRANTED and Plaintiff’s

complaint is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

(2) Plaintiff has until April 21, 2010 to file an amended complaint that corrects the

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deficiencies in the original complaint as identified by the R&R and that complies with the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules.

(3) The Motions to Dismiss filed by Defendants Krasner and Glennie (Docs. #44 and

45) are DENIED as moot.

(4) The Motion for a More Definite Statement (Doc. #38) filed by Defendants

Southwest Gas and NPL Construction is DENIED as moot.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff heed and comply with the

recommendations and warnings contained in the R&R and adopted by this Court. Plaintiff

is advised that failure to comply the this order could result in dismissal with prejudice and

the imposition of sanctions and/or an award of attorney’s fees to Defendants.

DATED this 17th day of March, 2010.

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