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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 14, 2024

Turner v. Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

Judge
Vince Chhabria
Docket
3:23-cv-05533
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureMotion to Dismiss
In one sentence

In Turner v. Keller Williams Realty, Inc., Judge Chhabria denied a temporary restraining order and dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction.

Who this affects

Terrance Turner’s complaint and motion were rejected; Keller Williams Realty, Inc., and the other captioned defendants were affected by the case’s dismissal.

What happened

In Turner v. Keller Williams Realty, Inc., Terrance Turner sued Keller Williams Realty, Inc., and other defendants and asked for a temporary restraining order. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or events.

The court denied Turner’s request for a temporary restraining order as frivolous. It also dismissed the complaint without leave to amend because the court lacked authority to hear it under Rule 12(b)(1), finding the complaint wholly frivolous and implausible.

Judge Chhabria ordered that the court would not consider any further filings from Turner in the case. The order did not decide the underlying claims on their merits.

The detailed version

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Case
Turner v. Keller Williams Realty, Inc. · No. 3:23-cv-05533
Judge
Vince Chhabria
Date
Mar. 14, 2024

Background

Terrance Turner sued Keller Williams Realty, Inc., and other defendants. Turner also filed a motion for a temporary restraining order. The opinion does not describe the factual allegations or legal claims in the complaint.

Rulings

The court denied Turner’s motion for a temporary restraining order, calling it frivolous.

The court dismissed Turner’s complaint without leave to amend. The dismissal was under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), which permits dismissal when the court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction—that is, legal authority to hear the dispute. The court stated that the complaint was wholly frivolous and implausible.

The order also stated that the court would not consider any further filings from Turner in this case.

Effect of the Order

The case was ended on a jurisdictional ground. The court did not reach the merits of the underlying claims. The dismissal was stated to be without leave to amend, meaning the court did not allow Turner to revise the complaint in this case.

The authoritative version

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