Finestone

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JONATHAN FINESTONE, No. 2:20-cv-00230-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER UTILITY TELECOM GROUP, LLC;

UTILITY TELEPHONE, INC.; JASON

MILLS; and DOES 1–10, Defendants. 17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Jonathan Finestone’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Leave to File a First Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 36.) Also before the Court is Defendants Utility Telecom Group, LLC (“UTG”), Utility Telephone, Inc. (“UTI”), and Jason Mills’s (“Mills”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. (ECF No. 14.) Both motions have been fully briefed. (ECF Nos. 37, 39, 40, 42.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File a First Amended Complaint and DENIES Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as moot. /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This action arises out of a dispute over Defendants’ alleged failure to transfer…