Marston
Acres Bonusing, Inc v. Marston
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ACRES BONUSING, INC, et al., Case No. 19-cv-05418-WHO
8 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
DISMISS; DENYING ANTI-SLAPP
9 v. MOTIONS AND MOTION TO STRIKE
ANTI-SLAPP MOTIONS AS MOOT
10 LESTER MARSTON, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 42, Defendants. 11 50
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13 Plaintiffs James Acres and Acres Bonusing, Inc. (“ABI”) bring this malicious prosecution 14 action against multiple lawyers, law firms, and court personnel who were involved in a previous 15 contractual fraud case filed against plaintiffs by Blue Lake Casino & Hotel (“Blue Lake Casino”) 16 in Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Court. They sue three sets of defendants: (i) law firm Boutin Jones, 17 Inc., and associated individual attorneys1, that filed the initial complaint in tribal court on behalf of 18 Blue Lake Casino (hereinafter the “Boutin Jones” defendants); (ii) law firm Janssen Malloy LLP, 19 and associated individual attorneys2, that replaced Boutin Jones as attorneys for Blue Lake Casino 20 (hereinafter the…