Friends of Gualala River v. Gualala Redwood Timber, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FRIENDS OF GUALALA RIVER, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06453-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTION FOR

v. JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

GUALALA REDWOOD TIMBER, LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 63 Defendant.

12 Defendant Gualala Redwood Timber (GRT) asks for judgment on the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c). Dkt. No. 63 (Mot.); Dkt. No. 1 (Compl.). The “one question” posed by GRT is whether res judicata bars the claims in the complaint. Dkt. No. 63 at 1. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and the motion is granted. Rule 12(c) provides that “[a]fter the pleadings are closed -- but early enough not to delay trial -- a party may move for judgment on the pleadings.” Rule 12(c) and Rule 12(b)(6) motions are functionally identical, and so the standards for a Rule 12(b)(6) motion apply to a Rule 12(c) motion. Gregg v. Hawaii, 870 F.3d 883, 887 (9th Cir. 2017). The Court takes as true the plausible and nonconclusory factual allegations in…