Lehr
Lehr v. Perri Electric, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 PAUL LEHR and COLLEEN LEHR, No. 2:17-cv-1188 WBS AC Plaintiffs, v. ORDER FRANK M. PERRI; PERRI ELECTRIC, INC., a California Corporation; PERRI ELECTRIC INC. PROFIT
SHARING PLAN; PERRI ELECTRIC
INC. PROFIT SHARING TRUST FUND; and DOES 1-50, 18 Defendants.
20 ----oo0oo---- 21 Perri Electric Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Perri Electric Profit Sharing Trust Fund have improperly brought their motion to dismiss (Docket No. 91) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). See Leeson v. Transam. Disability Income Plan, 671 F.3d 969, 977 (9th Cir. 2012) (“[W]hether a plaintiff has statutory standing in an ERISA action is a merits-based 28 determination, not a subject matter jurisdiction issue.”). Because this motion concerns a substantive element of plaintiffs’ claims, see id. at 979, and matters outside the pleadings, the court will treat this motion as one …