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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO., et al.,

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

CENTEX HOMES, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:14-cv-1384-LJO-GSA

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND 

ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION 

TO DISMISS (DOC. 11)

Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ complaint. Doc. 11. The 

Court did not set a hearing for the motion and the parties did not request one. The Court finds it 

appropriate to rule on the motion without oral argument. See Local Rule 230(g). 

This case is one of many between the parties currently pending in this Court and elsewhere. The 

Court already has ruled on Defendant s’ motions to dismiss in other cases between the parties that often 

are virtually identical to one another. See, e.g., Travelers Indem. Co. of Conn. v. Centex Homes, No. 14-

cv-217-LJO-GSA, 2014 WL 2002320 (E.D. Cal. May 15, 2014); Fidelity & Guar. Ins. Co. v. Centex 

Homes, 1:14-cv-826-LJO-GSA, 2014 WL 4075999 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 15, 2014); Travelers Prop. Cas. Co. 

of Am. v. Centex Homes, No. 1:14-cv-1450-LJO-GSA, Doc. 23 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 9, 2014); Fidelity & 

Guar. Ins. Co. v. Centex Homes, 14-cv-826-LJO-GSA, 2014 WL 5823048 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 10, 2014); 

see also St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Centex Homes, No. ED CV14–01216 AB (JCx), 2014 WL 

5013062 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 7, 2014); Doc. 24-1, Travelers Indemn. Co. of Conn. v. Centex Homes, 14-cv806 JGB SPx (C.D. Cal. Oct. 2, 2014).

The Court has reviewed the papers and finds that the Court’s prior orders resolve the issues 

presented in Defendants’ pending motion to dismiss. See generally Fidelity & Guar. Ins. Co. v. Centex 

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Homes, 1:14-cv-826-LJO-GSA, 2014 WL 4075999 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 15, 2014); St. Paul Fire & Marine 

Ins. Co. v. Centex Homes, No. ED CV14–01216 AB (JCx), 2014 WL 5013062 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 7, 2014). 

This is not a news brief to counsel—the counsel of record for Plaintiffs in all these cases is the same law 

firm. That said, instead of requesting leave to amend consistent with the other orders and the cited law, 

counsel simply encourages (through inaction) to request of this Court that it waste precious judicial 

resources. Notice is given that counsel may wish to expend its time either to consider this suggestion or 

review Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS WITH 

LEAVE TO AMEND Centex’s motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ complaint (Doc. 11). Plaintiffs shall file 

any further amended complaint on or before January 2, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 10, 2014 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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