Cruz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NICOLAS PERALTA CRUZ, et al., Case No. 1:24-cv-00263-SAB

Plaintiffs, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING GRANTING

v. DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND

FORD MOTOR COMPANY,

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE

Defendant. COURT TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN THIS

MATTER TO A DISTRICT JUDGE

15 (ECF No. 7)

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

DAYS

18 I. INTRODUCTION Currently before the Court is Defendant Ford Motor Company’s (“Defendant”) motion to dismiss Plaintiffs Nicolas Peralta Cruz and Jennifer Lopez’s (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) first amended complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the doctrine of res judicata. Following amendment of the Local Rules effective March 1, 2022, a certain percentage of civil cases shall be directly assigned to a Magistrate Judge only, with consent or declination of consent forms…