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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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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

HILARY K. GAMACHE, individually and on

behalf of all similarly situated individuals

Plaintiff,

v.

DESERT CHAMPIONS LLC,

Defendant.

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No. C-15-2112 EMC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE

AMENDED COMPLAINT; DENYING

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

AND STRIKE

(Docket No. 10)

On June 18, 2015, Defendant Desert Champions filed a motion to dismiss a portion of

Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and to strike certain other

discrete portions of the complaint. Docket No. 10. In opposition, Plaintiff agreed to voluntarily

dismiss the legal allegations challenged by Defendant under Rule 12(b)(6), and sought leave to file

an amended complaint that removes those challenged allegations. Docket No. 18. Plaintiff’s

request for leave to file her amended complaint is GRANTED, and Defendant’s motion to dismiss is

DENIED as moot. 

The same material that Defendant seeks to strike from Plaintiff’s initial complaint remains

present in Plaintiff’s proposed amended complaint. To save the litigants the expense of filing a renoticed motion to strike, the Court will rule on that motion now. Defendant’s motion to strike is

DENIED. Motions to strike are generally disfavored, see Malem Medical, Ltd. v. Theos Medical

Sys., Inc., No. 13-cv-5236-EMC, 2014 WL 3568885, at *2 (N.D. Cal. July 18, 2014), and will only

be granted in rare circumstances. Here, the very limited material that Defendant seeks to strike is

not obviously “immaterial” at this very early stage of the litigation, and it is certainly not

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scandalous, impertinent, or redundant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). Defendant’s motion to strike is

without merit. The hearing currently set for this matter on August 27, 2015, is hereby VACATED. 

Plaintiff shall file her proposed amended complaint within five (5) days of the date of this Order. 

This Order disposes of Docket No. 10. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 17, 2015

_________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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