Moersch

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Carlo Moersch, a citizen of Luxembourg, brings this action against Defendant Charles S. Zahedi, a citizen of California, under the Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (“the Uniform Act”), California Civil Procedure Code §§ 1713 et seq. (See generally Dkt. 1.) Plaintiff seeks recognition of a foreign judgment he obtained in Luxembourg against Defendant due to Defendant’s apparent breach of a partnership agreement. (Id. ¶¶ 7-9, 16-17.) Before the Court is Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment. (Dkt. 19 [Notice of Motion]; Dkt. 22 [Memorandum of Points and Authorities].) For the following reasons, the motion is GRANTED.

II. BACKGROUND

In or about 2003, Plaintiff and Defendant were working as dentists in private practice in Luxembourg. (Dkt. 27-2 ¶¶ 1, 2.) Plaintiff and Defendant had entered into a partnership agreement in or about December 2002, which, among other things, required the parties to disclose to one another all patients they treated. (Id. ¶ 3.) Plaintiff brought a civil action against Defendant in La Cour Superieure de Justice in Luxembourg seeking to terminate the…