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

Attorney for Plaintiff 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESCENTRAL DISTRICT

LAURA ANN DeCRESCENZO, akaLAURA A. DIECKMANPlaintiff,vs.CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYINTERNATIONAL a corporate entity,RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, previously sued herein as Doe 1, aCalifornia Corporation and DOES 2-20,Defendants. ___________________________________ )))))))))))))))))CASE NO: BC411018Assigned to Judge Mark MooneyDept. 68MEMORANDUM OF POINTS ANDAUTHORITIES AND DECLARATIONOF JOHN P. BLUMBERG INOPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STAYPROCEEDINGSDate: June 8, 2018Time:8:30 a.m.Complaint filed: April 2, 2009FSC: July 13, 2018Trial Date: August 13, 2018 1OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4I.SUMMARY OF OPPOSITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4II.THE PROCEDURAL HISTORY OF THIS ACTION BEGUN IN 2009 . . . . . . . . 6III.SYNOPSIS OF THE LAW ALLOWING A FEDERAL COURT TO ENJOIN A CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN A STATE COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10IV.BECAUSE DEFENDANTS’ APPEAL HAS NO MERIT, IT PROVIDES NO SUPPORT FOR STAYING THE PENDING TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . 12V.THIS COURT IS BOUND BY THE LAW OF THE CASE DOCTRINE . . . . . . . . 13VI.PLAINTIFF WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY PREJUDICED BY FURTHER DELAYING THIS ACTION BEGUN IN 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15VII.CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16DECLARATION OF JOHN P. BLUMBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS

 

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIESCases

 Alton Box Bd. Co. v. Esprit de Corp.

(9 Cir. 1982) 682 F.2d 1267 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

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 Bailey v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.

(10 Cir. 2005) 414 F.3d 1187 . . . . . . . .12 , 13, 16

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 Brother Records, Inc. v. Jardine

(9 Cir. 2005) 432 F.3d 939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 12,13

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 Brown v. Wells Fargo, N.A.

(2012) 204 Cal.App.4th 1353 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Central Valley Hospitalists v. Dignity Health

(2018) 19 Cal.App.5th 203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp.

(1988) 486 U.S. 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

City of West Hollywood v. Kihagi

(2017) 16 Cal.App.5th 739 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Continental Baking Co. v. Katz

(1968) 68 Cal.2d 512 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

 Family Record Plan, Inc. v. Mitchell

(1959) 172 Cal.App.2d 235 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

 Ferrari, Alvarez, Olsen & Ottoboni v. Home Ins. Co.

(9 Cir. 1991) 940 F.2d 550 . . . . . . 15

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Grewal v. Jammu

(2011) 191 Cal.App.4th 977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

 Laborers’ Internat. Union of North America v. El Dorado  Landscape Co.

(1989) 208 Cal.App.3d 903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

 Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. v. Victa

(9 Cir. 1991) 936 F.2d 466 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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 People v. Mitchell

(2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 132 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

(9 Cir. 2005) 428 F.3d 831 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 12, 13

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Union Oil Co. of California v. Reconstruction Oil Co.

(1943) 58 Cal.App.2d 30 . . . . . . . 11

Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.

(1977) 433 U.S. 623 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Washington v. Trump

(9 Cir. 2017) 847 F.3d 1151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

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Statutes

Government Code section 68607 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1428 U.S.C. § 1657 (All Writs Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1428 U 28 U.S.C. § 1738 (Full Faith and Credit Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1428 U.S.C. § 2883 (Anti-Injunction Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Miscellanous

Federal Ninth Circuit Civil Appellate Practice (The Rutter Group 2018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS