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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KENNY LEWIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

DOMAINE DES BAUMARD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-00471-TEH 

ORDER GRANTING BALGUERIE’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS

Before this case was removed to federal court, Defendant Balguerie was dismissed 

in state court for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiff Kenny Lewis re-named Balguerie 

as a defendant in his third amended complaint. Balguerie now seeks dismissal on three 

grounds: (1) the state court’s jurisdictional ruling is conclusive under principles of res 

judicata; (2) Balguerie has not been properly served; and (3) Plaintiff’s claims against 

Balguerie are barred by the statute of limitations. 

In opposition, Defendant Vintus LLC requested a 150-day continuance to conduct 

jurisdictional discovery.1

 However, Vintus failed to address any of the three bases on 

which Balguerie seeks dismissal, thereby conceding those arguments. E.g., Ramirez v. 

Ghilotti Bros. Inc., 941 F. Supp. 2d 1197, 1210 & n.7 (N.D. Cal. 2013). Thus, there is no 

dispute that the state court ruling of no personal jurisdiction over Balguerie must stand, nor 

is there any dispute that the claim against Balguerie in the third amended complaint is 

barred by the statute of limitations. Accordingly, there is no need for any jurisdictional 

 

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Plaintiff and Defendants SCEA Domaine des Baumard and SARL Baumard 

Distribution joined in Vintus’s opposition but did not file separate opposition briefs.

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discovery. Balguerie’s motion is GRANTED, and Balguerie is hereby dismissed from this 

case with prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 01/05/16 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

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