Jalalian v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ARMEN JALALIAN, Case No. 25-cv-01411-LJC

8 Plaintiff, ORDER STRIKING FILING AT ECF 9 v. NO. 37; DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION; DENYING 10 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., et al., MOTION TO CORRECT DOCKET 11 Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 37, 38, 39

12 13 Before the Court are Plaintiff Armen Jalalian’s Response to Denial of Receipt of Funds 14 and Incorrect Swift Code Allegation (ECF No. 37), Motion to Correct Clerk’s Record and Docket 15 Entry (ECF No. 38), and Motion for Reconsideration of Order and to Vacate Void Order (ECF 16 No. 39). These filings are addressed in turn. 17 Plaintiff’s Response to Denial of Receipt of Funds and Incorrect SWIFT Code Allegation 18 at ECF No. 37 appears to be filed in opposition to Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss. The Motions 19 to Dismiss were filed on May 2, 2025, and the Court issued its ruling on the Motions on May 29, 20 2025. See ECF Nos. 18, 22, 36. Per Civil Local Rule 7-3, Plaintiff’s opposition to the Motions to 21 Dismiss were due fourteen days after May 2, 2025. The Court did not receive Plaintiff’s filing by 22 the deadline and did not consider it in her Order granting the Motions to Dismiss. The Court 23 accordingly strikes Plaintiff’s filing at ECF No. 37. See Owens v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. C 24 09-3354, 2010 WL 424473, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 27, 2010) (striking filing that “best 25 approximate[d] a late-filed opposition to defendants’ motion”). The Court notes that as it granted 26 the Motions to Dismiss solely based on Plaintiff’s failure to allege Defendant Marianne Lake’s 27 citizenship, it did not consider Defendants’ arguments regarding the SWIFT code. 1 docket to reflect that Plaintiff’s Response to Denial of Receipt of Funds and Incorrect SWIFT 2 Code Allegation (ECF No. 37) was filed on June 5, 2025. This request is denied as moot, as the 3 docket reflects that Plaintiff’s Response to Denial of Receipt of Funds and Incorrect SWIFT Code 4 Allegation was filed on June 5, 2025. Plaintiff is advised that documents he manually files at the 5 Clerk’s Office or via mail will not immediately appear on the docket, as the Clerk’s Office must 6 process his filings. However, the docket will reflect the date a document is filed. If he wishes to, 7 Plaintiff may register as an e-filer so that he can file documents electronically. Instructions for 8 registering as an e-filer are available online at: https://cand.uscourts.gov/e-file/. 9 Lastly, Plaintiff moves for reconsideration of the Court’s Order granting Defendants’ 10 Motions to Dismiss. ECF No. 39. Civil Local Rule 7-9 requires that a party must first obtain 11 leave from the Court to file a motion for reconsideration. Plaintiff has not sought or obtained 12 leave of the Court to file his motion for reconsideration and his motion is accordingly denied 13 without prejudice. The Court refers Plaintiff to Local Rule 7-9 and the Northern District’s pro se 14 handbook, Representing Yourself in Federal Court: A Handbook for Pro Se Litigants, available 15 online at https://cand.uscourts.gov/pro-se-handbook/. Chapter 20 of the handbook addresses 16 procedures available to litigants if they believe the judge made a mistake in their case. The Court 17 notes that Plaintiff appears to have removed his appeal of a case in front of Judge Thompson (25- 18 cv-02478-TLT) to the United State Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, but 19 does not appear to have removed or attempted to remove this case (25-cv-01411-LJC) to the 20 Bankruptcy Court. 21 Plaintiff is advised that he must comply with the Civil Local Rules going forward. The 22 Local Rules may be accessed online at: https://cand.uscourts.gov/rules/civil-local-rules/. 23 Resources for pro se litigants are available on the Court’s website at: 24 https://cand.uscourts.gov/pro-se-litigants/. Additionally, the Court encourages Plaintiff to seek 25 free legal assistance from the Northern District’s Legal Help Center as he proceeds with this 26 litigation. The Legal Help Center can be reached by calling (415) 782-8982 or by emailing 27 // 1 fedpro@sfbar.org, and appointments can be held in-person or remotely. 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 || Dated: June 11, 2025 4 5

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