Pauly

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JOHN L. PAULY, Case No. 3:23-cv-03108-JD

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE DISMISSAL

v. 9

10 GREGORY W. BECKER, Defendant. 11

12 13 Pro se plaintiff John L. Pauly sues Gregory W. Becker, the former President and CEO of 14 Silicon Valley Bank, for trading stock of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) while in possession of 15 material, non-public information, in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, 15 16 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and SEC Rule 10b-5, 17 C.F.R. § 240.1 Pauly brings suit as an individual 17 plaintiff, not on behalf of a putative class. 18 Becker asks to dismiss Pauly’s complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8(a), 9(b) 19 and 12(b)(6), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4.2 Dkt. 20 No. 38. Pauly submitted several letters opposing Becker’s motion, Dkt. No. 42, which did not 21 conform with the Northern District of California’s Local Rules, this Court’s standing orders, or 22 this Court’s prior order. See Dkt. No. 41. Even so, the Court will…