Goose Pond AG, Inc. v. Duarte Nursery Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GOOSE POND AG, INC., No. 2:19-cv-02631-KJM-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER DUARTE NURSERY, INC. et al., Defendants. 16 Defendants Duarte Nursery, Inc., James Duarte and John Duarte (collectively, the “Duarte parties” or “Duarte”) move to dismiss plaintiff Goose Pond Ag, Inc.’s (“Goose Pond”) complaint for failure to join an indispensable party. Mot., ECF No. 18. Plaintiff opposes the motion. Opp’n, ECF No. 20. Defendants replied. Reply, ECF No. 27. The court submitted the motion without oral argument. Having carefully reviewed the moving papers and the applicable law, the court DENIES the motion. I. BACKGROUND This case arises from Goose Pond’s purchase of approximately 1,505 acres of real property in Tehama County, California (the “Tehama property”) from the Duarte parties. First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) ¶ 1, ECF No. 16. John Duarte contacted Goose Pond’s agent, Farmland Management Services…