Yasaman Younesi v. Mohammad Sadoughi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 8:19-cv-01694-JLS-KES Date: March 24, 2020 Title: Yasamin Younesi v. Mohammad Sadoughi et al.

Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Terry Guerrero N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

DISMISSAL

In this action, Plaintiff Yasamin Younesi brings nine state-law tort claims against Defendants Mohammad Sadoughi and Masoomeh Djodeir. (See FAC, Doc. 27.) Each of those claims, at its heart, arises from Plaintiff’s allegation that Mr. Sadoughi “fraudulently induced Plaintiff’s father, Mr. Hamid Mohammadi Jamali (‘Mr. Jamali’), to invest in [Mr. Sadoughi’s] company, Greenland Farms, Inc. (‘Greenland’)” in order to obtain immigration benefits for Mr. Jamali’s family. (Id. ¶ 2.) The FAC states:

Plaintiff, Ms. Yasamin Younesi, is a resident of…