Vahora

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GULAMNABI VAHORA, a Pennsylvania No. 1:19-cv-00912-DAD-SKO Individual, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS IN PART 14 VALLEY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY (Doc. Nos. 11, 27) INC., a California corporation,

Defendant. 17 Plaintiff Gulamnabi Vahora filed the complaint in this action on July 2, 2019, alleging claims for appointment of a receiver, an accounting, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of partnership duties against defendant Valley Diagnostics Laboratory, Inc. (Doc. No. 1.) On July 23, 2019, defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, in part on res judicata grounds. (Doc. No. 11.) Specifically, defendant’s motion is premised on the preclusive effect of a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff in a prior case in this district, Vahora v. Valley Diagnostics Laboratory, Inc., No. 1:16-cv-01624-SKO (“Vahora I”), on the claims in this case, Vahora v. Valley Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., No.…