Jeloudov v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Background

Gregory Jodi Jeloudov filed an amended complaint against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and other defendants. The complaint alleged claims related to Jeloudov’s employment with Wells Fargo and a global conspiracy among Wells Fargo employees, President Donald Trump, Senator Mitch McConnell, and President Vladimir Putin to harass and discriminate against Jeloudov. Jeloudov had already been given one opportunity to amend his complaint.

Court’s Analysis

The court granted Wells Fargo’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint.

For the employment-related claims, the court applied res judicata, a rule that generally bars a party from bringing the same claims again after a prior case has been finally resolved. The court relied on judicially noticeable materials concerning Jeloudov’s earlier related state-court case, which showed that he had brought nearly identical claims against Wells Fargo in 2015 and that those claims had been dismissed with prejudice.

For the alleged global-conspiracy claims, the court dismissed them under Rule 12(b)(1), which concerns the court’s subject-matter jurisdiction. The court found those allegations wholly frivolous and implausible and therefore concluded that it lacked jurisdiction over them.

Disposition

Because the allegations added in the amended complaint showed that further amendment would be futile, Judge Vince Chhabria dismissed the amended complaint without leave to amend. The court also stated that it would not consider any further filings from Jeloudov in the case.