Lehr v. Perri Electric, Inc.

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ----oo0oo---- 11 12 PAUL LEHR and COLLEEN LEHR, No. 2:17-cv-1188 WBS AC 13 Plaintiffs, 14 v. ORDER 15 FRANK M. PERRI; PERRI ELECTRIC, INC., a California Corporation; 16 PERRI ELECTRIC INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN; PERRI ELECTRIC 17 INC. PROFIT SHARING TRUST FUND; and DOES 1-50, 18 Defendants. 19

20 ----oo0oo---- 21 22 Perri Electric Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Perri 23 Electric Profit Sharing Trust Fund have improperly brought their 24 motion to dismiss (Docket No. 91) under Federal Rule of Civil 25 Procedure 12(b)(1). See Leeson v. Transam. Disability Income 26 Plan, 671 F.3d 969, 977 (9th Cir. 2012) (“[W]hether a plaintiff 27 has statutory standing in an ERISA action is a merits-based 28 1 determination, not a subject matter jurisdiction issue.”). 2 Because this motion concerns a substantive element of plaintiffs’ 3 | claims, see id. at 979, and matters outside the pleadings, the 4 court will treat this motion as one for summary judgment under 5 Rule 56. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(d). The motion is currently set 6 for hearing on September 9, 2019. Accordingly, the parties shall 7 file any evidence and supplemental briefs they may wish to be 8 considered on the motion by September 3, 2019. 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 | Dated: August 29, 2019 pete . 4h. □□□ □ 11 WILLIAM B. SHUBB UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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