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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TIMOTHY DeMARTINI, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

MICHAEL DeMARTINI, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-2722 JAM CKD PS 

ORDER 

 PlaintiffS filed the above-entitled action. The matter was referred to a United States 

Magistrate Judge pursuant to Local Rule 302(c). 

 On April 14, 2016, as amended on April 29, 2016, the magistrate judge filed findings and 

recommendations herein which were served on the parties and which contained notice to the 

parties that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen 

days. No objections have been filed.1

 The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be 

supported by the record and by the magistrate judge’s analysis. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

 

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 Objections were filed by plaintiffs to the original findings and recommendations, pointing out 

some clerical errors. The findings and recommendations were accordingly amended on April 29, 

2016. 

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 1. The findings and recommendations filed April 14, 2016, as amended on April 29, 

2016, are adopted in full; 

 2. Plaintiffs/counterdefendants’ special motion to strike under California Code of Civil 

Procedure § 425.16 (ECF No. 86) is granted as to the claims for breach of contract, wrongful 

ouster, and intentional interference with contractual relations alleged in the first amended answer 

and counterclaim; 

 3. Plaintiffs/counterdefendants are awarded attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 

California Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16 (c) in the amount of $4,600; 

 4. Plaintiffs/counterdefendants’ motion to dismiss defendants/counterclaimants’ claims 

for defamation and defamation per se is denied; 

 5. Plaintiffs/counterdefendants’ motion to dismiss defendants/counterclaimants’ claim for 

malicious and oppressive conduct is granted without prejudice to its renewal as an allegation in 

support of punitive damages; and 

 6. Defendants/counterclaimants’ claims for attorneys’ fees is stricken. 

DATED: June 17, 2016 

 /s/ John A. Mendez________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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