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Parties Involved:
Bank of America Corporation
Defendant
Bank of America, N.A.
Defendant
Randy Rogers
Plaintiff
Ernest Scambler
Plaintiff

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 Because oral argument will not be of material assistance, 1

the Court orders this matter submitted on the briefs. E.D. Cal.

Local Rule 78-230(h). 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RANDY ROGERS and No. 2:10-cv-00903-MCE-KJM

ERNEST SCAMBLER,

Plaintiffs,

v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BANK of AMERICA CORPORATION

aka BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

Defendant.

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This action arises from a series of mistaken-identity

telephone calls Bank of American Corporation (“Defendant”) made

to Randy Rogers and Ernest Scambler (“Plaintiffs”) beginning in

July of 2008. Presently before the Court is Defendant’s Motion

to Dismiss the claims alleged against it in Plaintiffs’ Complaint

(“Complaint”) for failure to state a claim upon which relief may

be granted under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).1

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Pursuant to Local Rule 230(c), opposition to a motion must be

filed not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the

hearing. The date of the hearing on motion was set for July 22,

2010. Fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing was July 8, 2010. 

No opposition was filed by Plaintiffs by the above date. 

The Court notes that Plaintiffs have filed a First Amended

Complaint subsequent to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. However,

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), a party may

only amend its pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days

after service of a motion under 12(b), (e) or (f). Fed. R. Civ.

P. 15(a)(1)(B). Defendant’s 12(b) motion was served on June 11,

2010. Consequently, if Plaintiffs wished to amend their

Complaint as a matter of course, they needed to do so on or

before July 2, 2010. Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (Docket

No. 14) is stricken as untimely. 

In light of the fact that no opposition was filed by

Plaintiffs, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 11) is

GRANTED with leave to amend.

Plaintiffs may file an amended complaint not later than

twenty (20) days after the date this Memorandum and Order is

filed electronically. If no amended complaint is filed within

said twenty (20)-day period, without further notice, Plaintiffs’

claims will be dismissed without leave to amend. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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