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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Contract Dispute

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Gabriel Prado, an individual; and Sandy

Kreiman, an individual

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Cunningham & Associates Inc., an

Arizona corporation,

Defendant. _________________________________

Cunningham & Associates Inc., an

Arizona corporation,

Counterclaimant,

vs.

Gabriel Prado, an individual,

Counterdefendant. _________________________________

Cunningham & Associates Inc., an

Arizona corporation,

Third-Party Plaintiff,

vs.

Auction Nation LLC, an Arizona limited

liability company,

Third-Party Defendant. _________________________________

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No. CV-11-00371-PHX-GMS

ORDER

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Auction Nation LLC, an Arizona limited

liability company,

Counterclaimant,

vs.

Cunningham & Associates Inc., an

Arizona corporation. 

Counterdefendant. ________________________________

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Pending before the Court is the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 19) filed by

Third-Party Plaintiff/Third-Party Counterdefendant Cunningham and Associates, Inc.

(“Cunningham”). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(d) states that “[i]f, on a motion under . . .

12(c), matters outside the pleadings are presented to and not excluded by the court, the motion must

be treated as one for summary judgment under Rule 56.” Because Cunningham’s 12(c) motion relies

on matters outside the pleadings, namely that Auction Nation granted Cunningham an implied

nonexclusive license, the Court must treat Cunningham’s motion as a motion for summary

judgment, even though Auction Nation has conceded in its Response that it granted such a license.

(Doc. 19).

Rule 12(d) provides that “[a]ll parties must be given a reasonable opportunity to present all

the material that is pertinent to the motion.” Accordingly,

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Third-Party Defendant/Third-Party Counterclaimant

Auction Nation shall have 15 days from the date of this Order within which to either file

“pertinent” supplemental material or present its position on the Court’s application of Rule 12(d).

Third-Party Plaintiff/Third-Party Counterdefendant Cunningham shall have 15 days from the date

that Auction Nation files its brief within which to respond and file any relevant supplemental

material. 

DATED this 9th day of June, 2011.

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