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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN CRANE, No. 1:19-cv-000805-DAD-JLT Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS IN PART

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., et al., (Doc. No. 20) Defendants.

16 This matter is before the court on defendant Chevron U.S.A., Inc.’s (“Chevron”)1 motion to dismiss plaintiff’s second amended complaint (“SAC”). (Doc. No. 20.) A hearing on the motion was held on September 4, 2019. Attorney Randall Rumph appeared telephonically on behalf of plaintiff, and attorney Morgan Podruski appeared telephonically on behalf of defendant. 21 Defendant Chevron asserts that it has “erroneously [been] sued as Chevron North America 22 Exploration and Production Company, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and subsidiary of Chevron Corporation.” (Doc. No. 20 at 11.) It appears that when this action was removed to this court, defendant Chevron was not a named, but rather that Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company was the…