Westrock CP, LLC v. Ming's Resource Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 WESTROCK CP, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-00176 WBS AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS

COUNTERCLAIMS; ALTERNATIVE

MING’S RESOURCE CORPORATION, MOTION TO SEVER AND TRANSFER

VENUE; AND MOTION TO STRIKE

Defendant. 17 ----oo0oo---- This case involves multiple contractual disputes between plaintiff and counter-defendant WestRock CP, LLC (“WestRock”), and defendant and counterclaimant Ming’s Resource Corporation (“MRC”). After being transferred from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, the matter is before this court on WestRock’s motions (1) to dismiss MRC’s counterclaims or, alternatively, sever the counterclaims and transfer them to Delaware, and (2) to strike certain affirmative defenses MRC has raised. (Motion to Dismiss or Transfer and to Strike (“Mot.”) (Docket No. 19); Docket No. 28.) I. Factual and…