Hinds and Shankman, LLP v. Richard A. Lapides

JS-6 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ) ) Case No.: CV 18-10731-CJC(SKx) ) 12 HINDS & SHANKMAN, LLP, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DISMISSING CASE ) v. ) ) 16 RICHARD LAPIDES, et al., ) ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) 21 22 23 I. INTRODUCTION 24 Plaintiff Hinds & Shankman, LLP (“H&S”) brings this action against Defendants 26 Richard A. Lapides, Janis Lapides, and Does 1 through 10. (Dkt. 33 [Second Amended 27 Complaint, hereinafter “SAC”].) Before the Court are the parties’ responses to the requested relief is not available as a matter of law. (Dkt. 55.) For the following reasons, this case is DISMISSED because H&S’s requested relief is barred by the Texas Constitution’s homestead exception.1 4 II. BACKGROUND 6 …