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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Insurance Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTONIO ZAYAS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONAL GENERAL INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-03952-EMC 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' 

MOTION TO REOPEN CASE

Docket No. 20

Antonio Zayas and Svetlana Narbaeva, proceeding pro se, filed this case on July 9, 2019, 

see Docket No. 1, and Judge Beeler dismissed it with leave to amend on July 29, 2019, see Docket 

No. 10. Plaintiffs were granted until August 19, 2019 to file an amended complaint, and that 

deadline was extended multiple times, with a final deadline of November 12, 2019. See Docket 

Nos. 13, 15. Plaintiffs did not file an amended complaint.

On November 25, 2019, Judge Beeler filed a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”)

recommending that the case be dismissed with prejudice. See Docket No. 16. This Court adopted 

that R&R on December 31, 2019, dismissing the case with prejudice and entering judgment. See 

Docket Nos. 18, 19. 

On January 24, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a handwritten letter. See Docket No. 20. After 

reviewing the letter, the Court construes it as a Motion to Reopen the case pursuant to Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure 60. In light of the information set forth in the letter and because 

Plaintiffs now contend that they can properly formulate their claims as breach of contract and 

fraud claims, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ request to reopen the case. Plaintiffs have 60 days 

from the date of this order to file a new complaint. That complaint must state in clear terms the 

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basis of federal jurisdiction and Plaintiffs’ causes of action. If Plaintiffs do not file an amended 

complaint within 60 days of the date of this order, their case will be dismissed with prejudice, 

which means that that case will be closed and Plaintiffs will be prohibited from filing anything 

further in this matter. 

Plaintiffs are encouraged to seek the free information that is available to pro se litigants 

from the Legal Help Desk. Help Desks are located at the San Francisco and Oakland Courthouses 

and assistance is available by appointment. The San Francisco Help Desk is located at 450 

Golden Gate Ave., 15th Floor, Room 2796, San Francisco, CA 94102. The Oakland Help Desk is 

located at 1301 Clay Street, 4th Floor, Room 470S, Oakland, CA 94612. Appointments can be 

made by calling (415) 782-8982. See also http://cand.uscourts.gov/helpcentersf. A free handbook 

for pro se litigants, entitled Representing Yourself in Federal Court: A Handbook for Pro Se 

Litigants, is also available free of charge for download at

https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/prosehandbook.

This order disposes of Docket No. 20. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 25, 2020

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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