Ghosh
Ghosh v. Bank of America, N.A.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ASIM GHOSH,
Case No. 21-cv-09930-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND AND REMANDING CASE
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
13 Defendant.
15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Asim Gosh alleges he is a 72-year-old immigrant from India who fell prey to a so- called “IRS telephone scam” and was persuaded over the course of two months to wire more than $1.2 million—his life savings—to unknown persons. Gosh filed this action in the San Francisco Superior Court, asserting a claim for financial elder abuse against Bank of America, and ten “Doe” defendants. The Doe defendants are described only in a boilerplate paragraph with generic allegations that they are agents of each other and in some way responsible, negligent, or otherwise liable for the alleged injuries. Bank of America removed the action to this court on the basis of diversity of citizenship. Gosh now seeks leave to amend…