Sample motion to dismiss adversary complaint under rule12(b)(6)

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Any Defendant
Any Street
Any Town, CA 90000
949-555-5555
Defendant, In Pro Per
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
______________ DISTRICT OF _____________
IN RE: ANY PARTY,
Debtor,
ANY PARTY,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ANY PARTY,
Defendant.
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Case No.
Chapter 7
Adv. Proc No.
NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS
FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM, OR IN THE
ALTERNATIVE FOR A MORE DEFINITE
STATEMENT; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND
AUTHORITIES
DATE:
TIME:
DEPT:
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TO PLAINTIFF, _______________ AND HIS ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on ________, at ______M. in Courtroom of the
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above-entitled Court located at ___________________________, Defendant _________ will move
this Court for an Order dismissing the First Amended Complaint, or in the alternative for an Order
requiring Plaintiff to provide a more definite statement.
This Motion will be made on the grounds that Plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon which
relief can be granted under the Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 7012(b)(6), or in the alternative
that Plaintiff should be required to provide a more definite statement under Federal Rule of
Bankruptcy Procedure 7012(e).
This Motion shall be based upon this Notice, the attached Memorandum of Points and
Authorities, the complete files and records of this action, and such other evidence as may be
presented at the hearing on this Motion.
Dated_________________________ _______________________________________
________ Defendant, Pro Se
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MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
I.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
Plaintiff has filed a First Amended adversary complaint against Defendant. The complaint has
one cause of action, for non-dischargeability under §§ 523(a)(2)(4) or (6).
Defendant contends that the First Amended Complaint fails to state any cause of action under
any of the three (3) separate statutes, that it fails to allege with particularity the circumstances of any
fraud as required by Rule 9(b). Also it is so vague and ambiguous that Defendant cannot reasonably
prepare a proper response as Plaintiff is in fact attempting to graft three different causes of action into
one.
Defendant requests that the Court dismiss the First Amended Complaint for failure to state a
claim, or in the alternative require Plaintiff to provide a more definite statement.
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situation. Do NOT just use the wording here unless it definitely applies
to your particular situation.
II.
LEGAL ARGUMENT
A. THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE A CAUSE OF ACTION
AGAINST DEFENDANT AS IT FAILS TO STATE WITH PARTICULARITY THE
CIRCUMSTANCES CONSTITUTING FRAUD
Rule 9(b) states in pertinent part that, “In alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with
particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or mistake”.
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It is established law, in this circuit and elsewhere, that Rule 9(b)'s particularity requirement
applies to state-law causes of action. "While a federal court will examine state law to determine
whether the elements of fraud have been pled sufficiently to state a cause of action, the Rule 9(b)
requirement that the circumstances of the fraud must be stated with particularity is a federally
imposed rule." Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. 317 F. 3d 1097, 1103 (9th
Cir. 2003) (internal citations
omitted).
Plaintiff has failed to allege the required elements of fraud as is required in California.
Defendant contends that the First Amended Complaint fails to state facts sufficient to
constitute a cause of action for fraud in that it fails to allege the required elements of fraud with the
required specificity, and that it fails to allege any additional damages caused by any reliance of
Plaintiff on any alleged false promises made by Defendant. And the alleged misrepresentations were
made in __________ which means that unless Plaintiff pleads that he did not discover the fraud until
a date within the last three years from the filing of his original complaint then any causes of action
are barred by the three year statute of limitations for fraud in California.
1 “A complaint for fraud must allege the following elements: (1) a knowingly false
representation by the defendant; (2) an intent to deceive or induce reliance; (3) justifiable reliance by
the plaintiff; and (4) resulting damages. Every element must be specifically pleaded.” Service by
Medallion, Inc. v. Clorox Co. 44 Cal.App.4th 1807, 1816 (1996).
Whatever form it takes, injury or damage from fraud must not only be distinctly alleged but
its causal connection with reliance on representations must be shown.... In order to recover for fraud,
as in any other tort, the plaintiff must plead and prove the detriment proximately caused by the
defendant's tortious conduct. Deception without resulting loss is not actionable fraud.
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