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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVE FERRARI, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MERCEDES BENZ USA, LLC, ET AL., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 17-cv-00018-YGR 

ORDER STRIKING PROPOSED FIFTH 

AMENDED COMPLAINT; ORDER TO SHOW 

CAUSE WHY MOTION TO DISMISS SHOULD 

NOT BE GRANTED WITHOUT LEAVE TO 

AMEND

The Court HEREBY STRIKES the proposed Fifth Amended Complaint (“5AC”), filed 

January 24, 2019 (Dkt. No. 178) as having been filed in direct violation of the Court’s limited 

permission to file a red-line version of the operative complaint, striking out those portions of the 

claims released by the settlement with the Autobahn defendants, and therefore no longer relevant 

to claims against Mercedes Benz USA, LLC (“MBUSA”). 

Further, the Court issues this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE why the motion dismiss of 

MBUSA (Dkt. 163) should not be granted with prejudice. MBUSA submits that the proposed 

5AC effectively concedes that plaintiffs, in their Fourth Amended Complaint, have not stated a 

claim as against MBUSA as additional allegations are necessary and such allegations directly 

contradict those previously asserted and necessary to the basis of the settlement recently approved 

by this Court. The Court tends to agree. 

Plaintiffs shall file a written response to the Order to Show Cause by February 25, 2019. 

Defendant MBUSA may file a reply by March 11, 2019. Each filing shall not exceed eight (8) 

pages. Failure to file a response shall be deemed an admission that the granting of the motion with 

prejudice is appropriate. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 8, 2019 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Case 4:17-cv-00018-YGR Document 180 Filed 02/08/19 Page 1 of 1