Free Motion to Dismiss - District Court of California - California

Case 4:08-cv-02849-SBA

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CHRISTOPHER E. PRINCE (State Bar No. 183553) SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 601 South Figueroa, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, California 90017-5704 Telephone: (213) 623-9300 Facsimile: (213) 623-9924 [email protected] MANUEL ALVAREZ JR. (State Bar No. 253874) SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 525 Market Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94133 Telephone: (415) 882-5000 Facsimile: (415) 882-0300 [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant HSBC CONSUMER LENDING USA TOMIO B. NARITA (State Bar No. 156576) JEFFREY A. TOPOR (State Bar No. 195545) ROBIN M. BOWEN (State Bar No. 230309) SIMMONDS & NARITA LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3010 San Francisco, CA 94104-4816 Telephone: (415) 283-1000 Facsimile: (415) 352-2625 [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CASE NO. 08-02849 SBA AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS

ELIZABETH CONTRERAS, an individual, Plaintiff, vs. HSBC CONSUMER LENDING USA, dba BENEFICIAL; ASSET ACCEPTANCE LLC; DOES 1 THROUGH 10, Defendants.

No. CV 08-02849 SBA AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS Date: August 5, 2008 Time: 1:00 p.m. Courtroom: 3, 3rd Floor

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, on August 5, 2008, commencing at 1:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard in Courtroom 3 of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland Division, located at 1301 Clay Street, 3rd Floor, Oakland, California, 94612, the Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong presiding, Defendants HSBC Consumer Lending USA, dba Beneficial ("HSBC"), and Asset Acceptance LLC ("Asset Acceptance"), will and hereby do move this Court for an Order dismissing Plaintiff's complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This motion is made on the grounds that Plaintiff Elizabeth Contreras ("Plaintiff") lacks standing to sue on the claims she pursues in this litigation because the claims are property of her bankruptcy estate. According to Plaintiff's Complaint, Plaintiff's causes of action accrued on or about December 5, 2007, prior to her June 1, 2008 petition under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. As a matter of law Plaintiff's claim is property of her bankruptcy estate, to be administered solely by the Trustee of that estate. Dated: June 19, 2008 SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL CHRISTOPHER E. PRINCE MANUEL ALVAREZ JR.

By:__/s/ Manuel Alvarez Jr._______________ Manuel Alvarez Jr. Attorneys for Defendant HSBC CONSUMER LENDING USA

CASE NO. 08-02849 SBA

AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS

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Dated: June 19, 2008

SIMMONDS & NARITA LLP TOMIO B. NARITA JEFFREY A. TOPOR ROBIN M. BOWEN

By:__/s/ Jeffrey A. Topor_________________ Jeffrey A. Topor Attorneys for Defendant ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC

CASE NO. 08-02849 SBA

AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS