Gwendalyn Douglass v. Reliant Life Shares LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES REED et al., Case No. 2:23-cv-08577-SB-AGR

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

REMAND

RELIANT LIFE SHARES LLC et al.,

Defendants.

The Court denied default judgment as to the sole remaining claims in this case—those alleged by Gwendalyn Douglass as trustee of the Raymond E. Douglass Revocable Trust and as successor in interest to Raymond Douglass (the trustee) against Andrew Murphy—because the complaint with which Murphy had been served did not state a claim against Murphy or provide adequate notice of the nature of his alleged wrongdoing. Dkt. No. 204. The Court permitted the trustee one more chance to file a proposed Third Amended Complaint (TAC) limited to her claims against Murphy. Id. at 6 (“If it appears that the TAC complies with Rules 8 and 9 and would support entry of a default judgment if Murphy is served with the TAC and again fails to appear, the Court expects to allow amendment and permit the trustee to serve Murphy (which counsel should be prepared to do promptly).”).

The trustee timely filed a proposed TAC that alleges seven state-law claims…