Bonuccelli

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 David L. Bonuccelli and David L. Bonuccelli No. 2:20-cv-01553-KJM-CKD & Associates, Inc., ORDER B Plaintiffs, v. MHR Lewis (US) LLC, et al., Defendants. 17 18 David Bonuccelli claims his former attorneys at MHR Lewis (US) LLC are liable for legal 20 malpractice, gross negligence, and elder abuse as a result of the firm’s incompetence in drafting a demand letter to one of Bonuccelli’s clients. MHR Lewis moves to dismiss for failure to state a 22 claim. The motion is granted in part with leave to amend. I. ALLEGATIONS Bonuccelli has a longstanding relationship with the California State Teachers Retirement System. See Letter from Patrick McHugh to Jonathan Roth (McHugh Letter) at 1-2 (Feb. 13, 2019), ECF No. 1-1.' In 2017 and 2018, he worked with a real estate investment trust called

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