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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Conversion

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Telesaurus VPC, LLC, a Delaware

Limited Liability Company,

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Randy Power, individually, and Radiolink

Corporation, an Arizona corporation,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-07-1311-PHX-NVW

ORDER

Plaintiff Telesaurus VPC, LLC (“Telesaurus”) moves to amend its complaint (Doc.

# 48). The proposed amended complaint names three new defendants: Patricia A. Powers,

EWA Inc. (“EWA”), and EWA’s predecessor, Industrial Telecommunications Association

Inc. (“ITA”). EWA opposes this amendment on the grounds that it would be futile to allow

Telesaurus to name EWA as a defendant. For reasons explained below, the motion to amend

will be denied. 

The Court’s June 6, 2008 order outlined the original allegations, so a brief summary

will suffice here. RadioLink Corporation (“RadioLink”) hired EWA, a recognized

frequency coordinator for the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), to apply for

a broadcasting license. The FCC granted the requested license. As it turned out, Telesaurus

had previously acquired a license to use the same frequencies authorized by RadioLink’s

license. Eventually, the FCC realized there was a conflict and RadioLink’s license was

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revised. However, for some period of time, RadioLink utilized the frequencies licensed to

Telesaurus. Telesaurus seeks damages relating to that use. In its amended complaint,

Telesaurus seeks to add EWA as a defendant on the ground that EWA assisted RadioLink

in a fraudulent scheme to obtain and use the conflicting license.

To survive a motion to dismiss, a plaintiff must allege “enough facts to state a claim

to relief that is plausible on its face.” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 1974

(2007). Moreover, Telesaurus’s claims are grounded in a course of fraudulent conduct and

must satisfy the heightened pleading standard of Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b). Vess v. Ciba-Geigy

Corp. USA, 317 F.3d 1097, 1103-04 (9th Cir. 2003). The amended complaint does not meet

these standards with respect to EWA or its predecessor, ITA. Aside from conclusory

statements regarding EWA’s knowing participation in Telesaurus’s fraudulent scheme,

Telesaurus alleges no particular knowledge, incentive, or pattern of conduct on the part of

EWA that would make these claims plausible. EWA’s actions as a frequency coordinator,

standing alone, are “not suggestive of conspiracy.” Twombly, 127 S. Ct. at 1972. The

allegations fail to invest those actions with any plausible suggestion of unlawful behavior.

See id. at 1971.

 Telesaurus also alleges that EWA knew of and assisted RadioLink’s conversion and

exploitation of the radio frequencies at issue. As before, Telesaurus has failed to plead any

particular facts to make this assertion plausible. The allegations do not suggest that EWA

had any ownership or control of the frequencies in question, nor do they suggest that EWA

derived any benefit from the use of the frequencies.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff Telesaurus’s motion to amend the

complaint (Doc. # 48) is denied. Because the motion to amend is unopposed in its other

respects, Telesaurus may file a new amended complaint with those unopposed allegations by

October 10, 2008, without the allegations against EWA and ITA as defendants.

Dated: September 29, 2008.

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