Judge: H. Jay Ford, III, Case: 23SMCV00056, Date: 2025-01-23 Tentative Ruling


Case Number: 23SMCV00056    Hearing Date: January 23, 2025    Dept: O

Case Name:               Nagao v. Camino et al.

Case No.:        23SMCV00056

Complaint Filed:                   1/5/23

Hearing Date:            1/23/25

Discovery C/O:                     n/a

Calendar No.:            8

Discover Motion C/O:          n/a

POS:                           OK

Trial Date:                             n/a

SUBJECT:                MOTION TO STRIKE

MOVING PARTY:   Defendant EELE HOLDINGS

RESP. PARTY:         Plaintiff TORU NAGAO

 

TENTATIVE RULING

 

Defendant argues Plaintiff has failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. “Fail[ing] to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action . . . is ground not for a motion to strike, but for a general demurrer.” (Ferraro v. Camarlinghi (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 509, 529.) Defendant’s motion is directed not surgically, toward instances of improper matter within the FAC, but to all three causes of action against it. “[I]t is ‘improper for a court to strike a whole cause of action of a pleading under [section 436],’ … or to eliminate a ‘matter which is essential to a cause of action[.]’ [Citation.].” (Los Altos El Granada Investors v. City of Capitola (9th Cir. 2009) 583 F.3d 674, 687.)

 

Defendant’s motion to strike is denied.