Gerritsen
Gerritsen v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Morrow, J.
*1017 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
On April 29, 2014, Terry T. Gerritsen filed this action against Katja Motion Picture Corporation (“Katja”), New Line Productions, Inc. (“New Line”), and Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (“WB”) (collectively, “defendants”). 1 On June 20, 2014, defendants filed a motion to dismiss Ger-ritsen’s complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 2 Gerritsen opposes the motion, 3 and objects to a declaration submitted by defense counsel and the exhibits attached thereto. 4 Defendants filed a response to Gerritseris objection on September 15, 2014. 5 On September 8, 2014, Gerritsen filed two separate requests for judicial notice, which in combination seek to have the court judicially notice 48 exhibits. 6 Defendants opposed the requests on Séptember 15, 2014.
On September 26, 2014, the court took defendants’ motion to dismiss under submission pursuant to Rule 78 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 7-15. 8 For the reasons that follow, the court gránts the motion.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Gerritsen is an international best-selling, award-winning author whose novels have frequently appeared on the…