Seryani

FACTS

Plaintiffs and appellants are an individual, Benjamin Seryani, and Synergy Select

One, LLC (Synergy), which was formed in Indiana in July 2012 and registered in

California as a foreign LLC in September 2013. Seryani is the sole member of Synergy.

Seryani filed a certificate of cancellation for Synergy in California in December 2014.

He filed a certificate of dissolution for Synergy in Indiana the same month.

Plaintiff’s complaint initially named 15 defendants, and two more parties were

later added as Doe defendants. Of the first 15 defendants, nine are respondents here: His

Excellency Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, American University of Madaba

Company, American University of Madaba, American University of Madaba, Inc., Latin

Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Latin Patriarchal Vicariate Ecclesiastical Court, Mukawer

Castle for Education Company, His Beatitude Fouad Twal, and His Excellency 2 Archbishop William Shomali. The two Doe defendants—The Roman Catholic Bishop

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure. 2 Where defendants were sued erroneously under a different name, we have used the name as later corrected. The defendants in the…