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John P. Blumberg - State Bar No. 70200Ave Buchwald - State Bar No. 70305BLUMBERG LAW CORPORATION444 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 1500Long Beach, California 90802Tel No. (562) 437-0403; Fax No. (562) 432-0107 jblumberg@BlumbergLaw.comabuchwald@BlumbergLaw.com 

Attorney for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTCENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYINTERNATIONAL,Plaintiff,vs.LAURA ANN DeCRESCENZO akaLAURA A. DIECKMAN,Defendant. _________________________________ ))))))))))))))))))))))CASE NO: 2:17-cv-09158-GW-SK MEMORANDUM OF POINTSAND AUTHORITIES INOPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT[

 Declaration of John P. Blumberg and Defendant’s Statement of Genuine Disputes concurrently filed herein

]Date: March 29, 2018Time: 8:30 a.m.Courtroom: 9DAction Filed: December 21, 2017Trial Date: NoneJudge: Hon. George H. WuMag. Judge: Hon. Steve Kim

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3I. ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6II.FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7III.THE ALL WRITS ACT AND THE COURT’S JURISDICTION . . . . . . . . . 11IV.THE ANTI-INJUNCTION ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11V.THE RELITIGATION EXCEPTION TO THE ANTI-INJUNCTION ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13A. The Court Is Not Empowered to Enjoin the Pending State Action Because of the Preclusive Effect of the California Court of Appeal’s Final Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B.If the Court is Empowered to Enjoin the PendingState Court Action, It Nevertheless Should Refrain From Doing So and Grant the Motion to Dismiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIESUnited States Supreme Court Cases

 Atlantic Coast Line R.R. Co. v. Bhd. of Locomotice Eng’rs,

398 U.S. 281, 90 S.Ct. 1739, 26 L.Ed.2d 234 (1970) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 22

 Brown v. Felson,

442 U.S. 127, 99 S.Ct. 2205, 60 L.Ed.2d 767 (1979) . . . . . . . . . 16

Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp.

, 486 U.S. 140, 108 S.Ct. 1684, 100 L.Ed.2d 127 (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13, 20

 Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Ala. Bank 

, 474 U.S. 518, 106 S.Ct. 768, 88 L.Ed.2d 877 (1986) . . . . . . 14, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28

Smith v Bayer Corp.

, 564 U.S. 299, 131 S.Ct. 2368,180 L.Ed.2d 341 . . . . . . . . 13, 14

Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.,

433 U.S. 623, 97 S.Ct. 2881, 53 L.Ed.2d 1009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Ninth Circuit Cases

 Alton Box Bd. Co. v. Esprit de Corp.

, 682 F.2d 1267 (9th Cir.1982) . . . . . . . . . . . 12

 Amwest Mortgage Corp. v. Grady,

925 F.2d 1162 (9 Cir.1991) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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 Bechtel Petroleum, Inc. v. Webster 

, 796 F.2d 252 (9 Cir.1986) . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13

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 Bennett v. Medtronic

, 285 F.3d 801 (9 Cir.2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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 Blalock Eddy Ranch v. MCI Telecomm. Corp.

, 982 F.2d 371 (9 Cir.1992) . . . 13, 20

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 Brother Records , Inc. v. Jardine,

 432 F.3d 939 (9 Cir.2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 28

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California v. Randstron

, 284 F.3d 969 (9 Cir.2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

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 Lou v. Belzberg 

, 834 F.2d 730 (9 Cir.1987) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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 Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. v. Victa

, 936 F.2d 466 (9 Cir.1991) . . . . . . . . 12, 24

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 Negrete v. Allianz Life Ins. Co.

, 523 F.3d 1091 (9 Cir.2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co.

, 121 F.3d 1372 (9 Cir.1997) . . . . . . . . . 12, 13, 20

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Sandpiper Village Condominium Ass’n., Inc. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

, 428 F.3d 831 (9 Cir.2005) . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 21, 22

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United States v. Cote,

51 F.3d 178 (9 Cir.1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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