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JAMES B. GILPIN, Bar No. 151466 [email protected] MATTHEW L. GREEN, Bar No. 227904 Matthew .Green@bbkla w .com BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 655 W. Broadway, 15th Floor San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: (619) 525-1300 Facsimile: (619) 233-6118 Attorneys for Defendants SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO (erroneously sued as SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY); HON. ROBERT J. TRENT A COST A, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court (erroneously sued as Robert J. Trentacosta); MICHAEL M. RODDY, Executive Officer of the Superior Court; HON. LISA SCHALL, Jud&e of the Superior Court; HON. LORNA A. ALKSNE, Juoge of the Superior Court; HON. CHRISTINE K. GOLDSMITH, Judge of the Superior Court; HON. JEANNIE LOWE, Commissioner of the Superior Court (Ret.); HON. WILLIAM H. McADAM, JR., Judge of the Superior Court; HON. EDLENE C. McKENZIE, Commissioner of the Superior Court; and HON. JOEL R. WOHLFEIL, Judge of the Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR Case No. l 3-cv-1944-CAB (BLM) 20 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, et al., Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo

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Plaintiffs,

V.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, et al.,

Defendants.

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MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT

Date: Time: Courtroom:

November 22, 2013 3:30 p.m. 4C

[NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS REQUESTED BY COURT] Complaint Filed: August 20, 2013

MEM. OF P. & A IN SUPP. OF MOT. TO DISMISS 13-cv-1944-CAB (BLM)


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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

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Cases

Ashcr(dt v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009) .................................................................................................................. 6

Ashe/man v. Pope, 793 F.2d 1072 (9th Cir. 1986) ............................................................................................... 11

Astoria Fed. Sav. & LoanAss'n v. Solimino, 501U.S.104 (1991)

B. C. v. Plumas Un{fled Sch. Dist., 192 F.3d 1260 (9th Cir. 1999) ................................................................................................ 22

Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dept., 901F.2d696 (9th Cir. 1990) .................................................................................................... 5

Barrus v. Sylvania, 55 F.3d 468 (9th Cir. 1995) .................................................................................................... 19

Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) .................................................................................................................. 6

Bianchi v. Rylaarsdam, 334 F.3d 895 (9th Cir. 2003) .................................................................................................. 18

Blake v. Dierdoif/: 856 F.2d 1365 (9th Cir. 1988) ................................................................................................ 20

Estate (f Brooks v. U.S., 197 F.3d 1245 (9th Cir. 1999) ................................................................................................ 13

Caf"asso v. Gen. Dynamics C4 Sys., 637 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2011) .................................................................................... 1, 2, 9, 10

Canlis v. San Joaquin Sheriffs Posse Comitatus, 641 F.2d 711 (9th Cir. 198 l) .................................................................................................. 15

In re Castillo, 297 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2002) .................................................................................................. 12

Cerrato v. San Francisco Cmty. Coll. Dist., 26 F.3d 968 (9th Cir. 1994) .................................................................................................... 15

Chandler v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 28 598 F.3d 1115 (9th Cir. 2010) .................................................................................................. 6

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Li~jan v. Defenders r


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Robbins v. P'shipfor Bank Capital, L.P., 2010 Del. Ch. LEXIS 167 (Del. Ch. Jul. 23, 2010) .................................................................. 7

Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923) ................................................................................................................ 18

Samuel v. Michaud, 5 980F. Supp. 1381 (D. Idaho 1996 .......................................................................................... 18

6 Sekerke v. Kemp,

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2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35041 ................................................................................................ 16

Simmons v. Sacramento County Superior Court, 318 F.3d 1156 (9th Cir. 2003) ................................................................................................ 10

Skydive Arizona, Inc. v. Quattrocchi, 673 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir. 2012) ................................................................................................ 19

Smith v. Montoro, 648 F.2d 602 (9th Cir. 1981) .................................................................................................. 19

Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 523 U.S. 83 (1998) .................................................................................................................. 22

Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349 ( 1978) ................................................................................................................ 11

Sun Sav. & Loan Ass 'n v. Dierdorjf, 825 F.2d 187 (9th Cir. 1987) .................................................................................................. 20

Taylor v. Regents (if Univ. rif Cal., 993 F.2d 710 (9th Cir. 1993) .................................................................................................. 16

Thomas v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm 'n, 220 F.3d 1134 (9th Cir. 2000) (en bane) ................................................................................ 21

U.S. v. Lockheed-Martin Corp., 328 F.3d 374 (7th Cir. 2003) .............................................................................................. 9, 10

Usher v. City qf Los Angeles, 828 F.2d 556 (9th Cir. 1987) .................................................................................................. 16

Weisbuch v. County (~f Los Angeles, 119 F.3d 778 (9th Cir. 1997) .................................................................................................... 5

Statutes

15 U.S.C. 1125(a) ...................................................................................................................... 19

15 U.S.C. 1125(a)(l)(B) ............................................................................................................ 19

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15 U.S.C. 1125 .................................................................................................................... 11, 19

42 U.S.C. 1983 .................................................................................................................... passifn

42 U.S.C. 1985 ............................................................................................................... 13, 15, 16

42 U.S.C. 1986 ............................................................................................................... 13, 15, 16

24827, at *5-6. An act. .................................................................................................................. 11

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 6126(b) ................................................................................................... 8

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 335.1 ........................................................................................................ 16

Cal. Gov. Code 820 .................................................................................................................... 13

Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 19719 ...................................................................................................... 8

Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 23301 ...................................................................................................... 8

Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 23301a .................................................................................................... 8

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asked Stuart multiple times to accompany them in leaving the seminar. (Compl. 1 133.) Stuart refused to leave and was ultimately handcuffed and arrested at the seminar pursuant to the outstanding warrant. (Compl.11133-135; RJN, Ex. B.)

B. STUART'S GRIEVANCES WITH THE "FAMILY LAW SYSTEM"

Aside from the incident at the bar event, the remainder of the Complaint

arises out of Stuart's dissatisfaction with the "family law system." According to the

Complaint, "the present family law system increasingly ignores the supremacy of

the Constitution and the laws of the United States in depriving U.S. Citizens within

California the rights, privileges, and immunities under U.S. law." (Compl. 1 72.) The Complaint alleges that "it has been Plaintiffs' collective experience within the

state of California [that] [federal family rights] are frequently ignored in the hands of those exercising jurisdiction over parents and families[.]" (Compl.177.)

Aside from these generic allegations, the Complaint avers that the Superior

Court has "systematically fail[ed] to observe the laws requiring Child Custody Evaluators to be properly licensed, educated, trained, and overseen by the Superior

Courts[.]" (Compl.178.8.) Although buried in the Complaint, this averment arises out of Stuart's own dissolution proceeding and events that occurred therein in 2008

and 2009. (Compl.11237-242.) According to the Complaint, in April 2008, Judge Wohlfeil recommended

that Dr. Stephen M. Doyne mediate custody in Stuart's dissolution proceeding, and

Stuart hired Dr. Doyne as the mediator pursuant to the recommendation of Judge

Wohlfeil and Stuart's counsel at the time. (Compl. 11 237-239.) Citing to Dr. Doyne's alleged "history of illegal conduct, fraud, and abuse," the Complaint

alleges that Judge Wohlfeil, and later Judge Schall, "culpably and unreasonably

permitted Doyne to commit [] fraud, abuse of process, extortion, and terror against Stuart." (Compl.11243-245.) Ill

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