Bai

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHI BAI, et al., No. 2:24-cv-00807-DJC-DB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER

CMB EXPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT GROUP 48, LP, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiffs are 185 foreign nationals who claim they lost $92.5 million in investment funds in part due to Defendants’ acts or omissions. Plaintiffs allege the Defendants later conspired to conceal their errors from Plaintiff by filing sham lawsuits in California and New York. As Plaintiffs seek to include conspiracy claims against Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith based on their representation of their client, Plaintiffs filed a Petition to Allow Complaint Against Attorney for Civil Conspiracy Pursuant to California Civil Code § 1714.10 (“Petition”) which is presently before the Court. (Pet. (ECF No. 4).) Given the exception to the pre-filing requirement in section 1714.10(c) that is present in this case, the Court concludes that no petition was required. //// //// …