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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Foreclosure

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MASAZUMI INOUE,

Plaintiff,

v.

BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, ET AL.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-1636-YGR 

NOTICE OF TENTATIVE RULING ON 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 

PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Please take notice of the following Tentative Ruling on defendants’ motion to dismiss 

plaintiff’s complaint (Dkt. No. 12), set for hearing on July 21, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.:

The Court has reviewed the parties’ papers and is inclined to grant the motion to dismiss 

without leave to amend. Defendants contend, and the Court is inclined to agree, that the doctrine 

of res judicata bars plaintiff’s claims because an action brought by plaintiff involving the same 

rights and injuries (wrongful foreclosure) were previously adjudicated on the merits against 

plaintiff in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. Owens v. Kaiser Found. 

Health Plan, Inc., 244 F.3d 708, 713 (9th Cir. 2001) (res judicata operates to bar claims 

“whenever there is (1) an identity of claims, (2) a final judgment on the merits, and (3) identity or 

privity between the parties.”) Further, the tentative ruling does not allow plaintiff leave to amend 

because the Court is inclined to agree with defendants that amendment would be futile here. 

Chodos v. West Pub. Co., 292 F.3d 992, 1003 (9th Cir. 2002). 

No later than 12:00 p.m. on Monday, July 20, 2015, either party may file a request for 

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oral argument. If no request is received, the matter will be taken off calendar and a full order shall 

issue.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 16, 2015

______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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