Spano
James Spano v. Sunil Suri, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAMES SPANO, Case No. 25-cv-04379-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
SUNIL SURI, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 76 Defendants.
12 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s complaint. See Dkt. No. 76 (“Mot.”); Dkt. No. 78 (“Opp.”); Dkt. No. 79 (“Reply”). The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff James Spano filed a lawsuit against Defendants Sunil Suri and BCF Loans, Inc. (“BCF”) in the Southern District of New York in September 2023, bringing claims for fraud and conversion. See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 28–37. Plaintiff claims that he gave Defendant Suri $335,000 to leverage a merger between Sol-REIT…