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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Alfred Albano, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

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Shea Homes Limited Partnership, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-07-2359-PHX-SMM

(Consolidated Case CV-08-505-PHX-SMM)

ORDER

Before the Court is a tangle of motions that seek to amend the complaint, dismiss

certain parties, and remand this matter to Superior Court for the alleged resulting lack of

diversity. The Court will strike these motions and permit the Plaintiffs to file a single

motion and proposed amended complaint that incorporates all desired changes and

amendments.

On November 28, 2007, this case was removed from Superior Court. (Dkt. 1,

Notice of Removal.) On January 2, 2008, Plaintiffs filed a “Motion to Remand to

Maricopa County Superior Court for Lack of Diversity” (“January 2 Motion”). (Dkt. 9)

Defendants opposed this motion. (Dkt. 15.) On January 30, 2008, Plaintiffs filed

“Plaintiffs’ Amended Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint to Name Proper Party –

And – Voluntary Dismissal of Presently Appearing Defendants – And – Motion to

Remand” (emphasis original) (“January 30 Motion”). (Dkt. 19.) Plaintiffs’ reply in

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 To further confuse matters, the Reply refers to a motion filed January 29, 2008 as

Plaintiffs’ reply. Yet that document was amended by the January 30 Motion. (See Dkts. 18,

19.)

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support of the January 2 Motion referred the Court to the January 30 Motion and stated

that the January 30 Motion “replaces” the January 2 Motion.1

 (Dkt. 22 at 3.) Plaintiffs

then filed yet another motion to amend the complaint, “Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to

File [Proposed] Second Amended Complaint,” that seeks to add two additional plaintiffs. 

(Dkt. 23.) Finally, Plaintiffs’ Reply in support of the January 30 Motion revived the

arguments made in the January 2 Motion and denied that those arguments had been

“abandoned.” (Dkt. 29 at 4-5.)

A court is “not required to comb the record to find some reason to deny a motion

for summary judgment.” Carmen v. San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist., 237 F.3d 1026,

1029 (9th Cir. 2001). Similarly, this Court will not comb through the docket report to

determine what arguments the parties are asserting, what arguments have been

“replaced,” and what arguments have been replaced but not “abandoned.” The Court will

strike the existing motions regarding remand and amended complaints. Plaintiffs shall be

permitted to file a single motion to amend the Complaint and remand this matter to

Superior Court. In briefing this motion, the parties shall not incorporate by reference any

prior arguments made in the stricken motions, or responses or replies thereto.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED striking Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand (Dkt. 9).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED striking Plaintiffs’ Amended Motion for Leave to

Amend Complaint to Name Proper Party – And – Voluntary Dismissal of Presently

Appearing Defendants – And – Motion to Remand (Dkt. 19).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED striking Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File

[Proposed] Second Amended Complaint (Dkt. 23).

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting Plaintiffs leave to file a single motion that

encompasses all desired amendments to the complaint and reasons, if any, for remand of

this matter to Superior Court.

DATED this 1st day of May, 2008.

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