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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GERALD D.W. NORTH, Case No. 24-cv-03410-SVK

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION

v. TO DISMISS COUNTERCLAIM

WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND

WENDI THOMAS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 23 Defendants.

Defendants retained Plaintiff (an attorney representing himself in this action) to represent them in connection with seeking appellate relief in the United States Supreme Court. The Parties entered into multiple agreements setting forth the scope of Plaintiff’s representation and the terms of payment. The Supreme Court ultimately rejected Defendants’ petition for certiorari. Plaintiff subsequently commenced this action, alleging that Defendants owe him unpaid legal fees. Defendants responded with a vague counterclaim sounding in fraud, alleging that Plaintiff secured their agreement to retain him through false promises of their likelihood of success at the Supreme Court. Plaintiff now moves to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6),…