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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 29:185 Labor/Mgt. Relations (Contracts)

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 2:067-cv-1679-RRB

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS CERTAIN COUNTS

Before the Court, at Docket 8, are Defendants Government

Security Officers of America, International Union Local 53 and

Local 57, with a Special Motion to Strike and Motion to Dismiss the

First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Counts of Plaintiffs’ Third

Amended Complaint pursuant to FRCP 12 (b)(6). The motion is

opposed at Docket 11 and Defendants reply at Docket 14.

Although the procedural components of this matter have

been complicated and considerable delay has occurred, the Court has

now been able to review all of the relevant pleadings and concludes

that Defendants’ motion is well founded. Therefore, for the

BARBARA EGGAR, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

AKAL SECURITY, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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 Inasmuch as the Court concludes the parties have submitted

memoranda thoroughly discussing the law and evidence in support of

their positions, it further concludes oral argument is neither

necessary nor warranted in this matter. See Mahon v. Credit Bureau

of Placer County, Inc., 171 F.3d 1197, 1200 (9th Cir. 1999)

(explaining that if the parties provided the district court with

complete memoranda of law and evidence in support of their

positions, ordinarily oral argument would not be required.)

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reasons set forth by Defendants, the Motion to Dismiss is hereby

GRANTED.1

As matters currently stand, Plaintiffs’ complaint against

the Union Defendants fails to state a cause of action upon which

relief can be granted. Plaintiffs have failed to allege any facts

to suggest that the Union participated in, authorized, or ratified

any unlawful conduct. Moreover, Plaintiffs’ claims are pre-empted

by the National Labor Relations Act and should properly have been

presented to the National Labor Relations Board. Plaintiffs’

claims are further dependent, at least in part, upon the

application and/or interpretation of the Collective Bargaining

Agreement. Therefore they are pre-empted pursuant to 29 U.S.C.

Section 185 (otherwise known as Section 301 of the LMRA).

Lastly, Plaintiffs have failed to state a claim for

intentional infliction of emotional distress, for there has been no

allegation that the Union Defendants knew Plaintiffs were

peculiarly susceptible to emotional distress or that Plaintiffs

underwent severe suffering.

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Therefore, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss at Docket 8 is

hereby GRANTED.

ENTERED this 24th day of April, 2008.

S/RALPH R. BEISTLINE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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