Reginald Dennis Miles v. Transdev North America, Inc.

Opinion

1 2 3 6 7 REGINALD DENNIS MILES, Case No. 25-cv-10110-JST

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 9 v. DISMISS COMPLAINT WITH PREJUDICE Re: ECF No. 8 Defendant. 11

12 13 Now before the Court is Defendant Transdev Services, Inc.’s1 motion to dismiss the 14 complaint. ECF No. 8. Plaintiff has not opposed the motion. The Court will grant it. 15 Plaintiff Reginald Miles’s claim for breach of contract fails because there is no contract 16 between the parties. In California, “the elements of a cause of action for breach of contract are (1) 17 the existence of the contract, (2) plaintiff’s performance or excuse for nonperformance, (3) 18 defendant’s breach, and (4) the resulting damages to the plaintiff.” Oasis W. Realty, LLC v. 19 Goldman, 51 Cal. 4th 811, 821 (2011). Here, although Plaintiff pleads—implausibly—that 20 Transdev “executed a Promissory Note in [his] favor for $1,000,000.00,” ECF No. 1-2 at 8, the 21 purported promissory note attached to the complaint is signed only by Miles and not by Transdev. 22 Thus, there is no contract between the parties. 23 Miles’s claim for common count (money had and received) also fails. The elements of that 24 claim are (1) that the defendant received money that was intended to be used for the benefit of the 25 plaintiff; (2) that the money was not used for the benefit of the plaintiff; and (3) that the defendant 26 has not given the money to the plaintiff. CACI 370; Avidor v. Sutter's Place, Inc., 212 Cal. App. 27 1 4th 1439, 1454 (2013). Miles appears to base this claim on damages he allegedly suffered from 2 || the termination of his employment with Transdev. His claims against Transdev in that regard are 3 the subject of a separate lawsuit, Miles v. Transdev North America, Inc., Case No. 4:25-cv-03924- 4 || JST (N.D. Cal.). But he does not allege—either in this lawsuit or in that one—that Transdev 5 actually received money intended to be used for Miles’s benefit. Accordingly, this claim also 6 || fails. 7 Miles’s last claim is for declaratory relief. He seeks a declaration that “Defendant is 8 indebted [to Plaintiff] in the sum of $1,000,000 plus accrued interest.” ECF No. 1-2 at 6. Miles 9 fails to state a claim for declaratory relief, however, because no underlying claim exists. Mitchell 10 v. Nat'l Auto. & Cas. Ins. Co., 38 Cal. App. 3d 599, 606 (1974); Cal. Code Civ. Proc., § 1060. 11 For the foregoing reasons, Transdev’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted. Given 12 || Miles’s lack of opposition to the motion and the palpable implausibility of his claims, the Court 5 13 concludes that amendment would be futile and denies leave to amend. The Clerk shall enter 14 || judgment and close the file. 3 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. a 16 Dated: January 27, 2026 . .

M | JON S. SO 18 United States District Judge 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28