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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LINDA HOHU,

Plaintiff,

v.

WENDY HATCH,

Defendant.

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No. C-12-4906 EMC 

ORDER RE SUPPLEMENTAL

BRIEFING

Defendant Wendy Hatch, the administrator of the estate of John K. Hohu, filed a motion to

dismiss a complaint for declaratory relief brought by Plaintiff Linda Hohu pursuant to the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et. seq. Defendant requests

that this Court “dismiss this action pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(1) on the grounds that the federal court

lacks subject matter jurisdiction (federal question) over the Plaintiff’s ‘Complaint for Declaratory

Relief (Federal Preemption),’ as previously determined by U.S. District Court Judge Josephine

Staton Tucker on September 12, 2012 in the United States District Court Central District Southern

Division Case No: SACV 12-1067-JST.” Def.’s Mot. to Dismiss at 2 (Docket No. 13). Defendant’s

motion raises, but does not fully brief, whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel applies to this

matter.

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The parties shall file supplemental cross-briefs not to exceed six pages in length addressing

collateral estoppel and its application to prior judicial determinations of a lack of subject matter

jurisdiction. The parties shall file their cross-briefs with this Court no later than 5:00 p.m. on

January 10, 2013.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 4, 2013

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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