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Parties Involved:
Courtesy Automotive Group, Inc.
Counter Defendant
Courtesy Subaru of Chico
Plaintiff
Subaru of America, Inc.
Counter Claimant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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COURTESY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., 

dba COURTESY SUBARU OF CHICO,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. and DOES 

1-50, inclusive,

Defendant.

No. 2:22-cv-00997 WBS DMC

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO 

FILE SECOND AMENDED 

COUNTERCLAIM

SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.,

Counterclaimant,

v.

COURTESY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., 

dba COURTESY SUBARU OF CHICO,

Counterdefendant.

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The court previously rejected defendant Subaru of 

America, Inc.'s first amended counterclaim to recover attorneys’ 

fees. (Docket No. 43.) Defendant now moves to file an identical 

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second amended counterclaim. (Docket No. 57.) 

In a prior order, the court concluded that defendant 

could not file the counterclaim for attorneys’ fees because “it 

does not allege any effects resulting from Courtesy’s alleged 

breach of the agreement’s confidentiality provision; its time to 

plead a new and different counterclaim by right has long since 

passed; and it neither sought nor was granted leave to plead the 

new claim.” (Docket No. 55.) The instant motion for leave to 

file the second amended counterclaim only cures the third defect 

without addressing the others. The proposed second amended 

counterclaim is still untimely and still does not allege any 

effects resulting from Courtesy’s alleged breach of the 

agreement’s confidentiality provision.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Subaru’s request to file 

its second amended counterclaim (Docket No. 57) be, and the same 

hereby is, DENIED.

Dated: November 6, 2024

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