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ai l ed t o “ ‘ st at e acl ai m t o rel i ef thati s pl ausi bl e on i t s f ac e. ’ ” A s hc r of t v . I qbal , 129 S . C t . 1937, 1949 ( 2009) ( quot i ng B el l A t l. C orp. v. T w o m b ly , 5 5 0 U .S . 5 5 4 , 5 7 0 ( 2 0 0 7 ) ) . S p e c if ic a lly , T e a m h a s f

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– 1 4 ( C a l. 2 0 0 8 ) . N e v e rth e le s s , T e a m d idn o t a lle g e f a c ts tha t , a c c e pt e d a s true , w oul d s how tha tM ul t i m a t i c e nga ge d i n the “ ki nds of af fi rm at i ve ac t s or i nstruct i on s” thatw ou l d “ supp orta f i nd i ng that[M ul t i m at i c] as si st ed i n cre at i ng a nui sance. ” C i t y o f Mo desto R edev. A g en cy v. Su p eri o r C o u rt , 1 3 C a l. Rp tr . 3 d 8 6 5 , 8 7 4 ( C t. A p p . 2 0 0 4 ) ; see a l so T ea m E n ters. , — F .3 da t — . A c c or di ngl y , w e a r e s a t i s f i e d tha tM ul t i m a t i c i s e nt i t l e d t o j udgm e nta s am a tt e rof l a w o n Te a m’ s n u i s a n c e c l a i m. F i na l l y , T e a m a r gue s tha tthe di s tr i c tc ourte rr e d i n gr a nt i ng j udgm e nton the p l ead i n g s t o M u l t i m at i c o n T eam ’ s tresp ass cl ai m . T eam ’ s co m p l ai n tfai l s, h o w ev er , t o alleg e f

ac ts in d icatin g th at M u lt im atic p lace dth e S o lo P lu s in T ea m ’s s t or e w i thoutT e a m ’ s author i z a t i on. G i ve n tha t“ [ t ] he e s s e nc e of the c aus e of a c t i o n f o rtr e s p a s s i s a n ‘ u n au th o r i z e de n try ’ o n t o th e l a n do f a n o th e r , ” we co n clu d e th at M u lt im atic is en ti tl ed to ju d g m en t as a m atter o f law o n T ea m ’sD e f e n d a n ts - A p p e lle e s ’ M o tio n to S tr ik e D e c la r a tio n o f C h r is tin e B a rb e rin 1 S u p p o rt o f R ep ly B rief

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ile dw ith th is c o u rt o n D e c e m b e r2 0 , 2 0 1 0 , is d e n ie d a s m o o t. 4 tr e s p a s s c la im . Ma r t i n Ma r i e t ta C o r p . v . I n s . C o . o f N . A m. , 47 C a l . Rptr . 2d 670, 6 8 1 ( C t. A p p . 1 9 9 5 ) ( c ita tio n a n d in te rn a l q u o ta tio n m a rk s o m itte d ) ; s e e al s o T e am E n ters. , — F .3 d a t — . M ul t i m a t i c a s ks us t o r e ve r s e the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s de c i s i on de ny i ng M u ltim a tic ’s m o tio n to a m e n d its c o m p la in t. T h e p o w e rto g r a n t le a v e to a m e n d is

“ entrust ed t o the di sc re t i on of the di stri ctcourt . ” Se rr a v . L a p p in , 600 F . 3d 1191, 1200 ( 9th C i r . 2010) . I n l i ghtof ourde c i s i on i n T

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