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MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA, INC.,… — Marshall Prestamos (Dkt. 46)

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CourtU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Filed2022-06-03

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania · No. 5:21-cv-04337-JMG · Doc. 46 · 2022-06-03 · Docket on CourtListener

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Defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' second amended complaint in Alicia Marshall, et al. v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC and Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc., No. 5:21-cv-04337-JMG, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, filed June 3, 2022 as Document 46. The defendants move under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(2), among others, to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 42, with prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, lack of personal jurisdiction over CPLC, and failure to state a claim. The motion states that the grounds, including the absence of a private right of action under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act as to Counts One through Five, cannot be cured by amendment. The two-page motion is signed by Marcel S. Pratt of Ballard Spahr LLP.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 
 
 
ALICIA MARSHALL, DANIEL 
PRONSKY, PARIS TOWNSEND, 
NANCILEE HOLLAND, LEONA 
OWSLEY, KOLAWOLE AHMADOU, 
KIANA DERVIN, KRISTINA 
HENDERSON, DUSTIN INNIS, KELLY 
STALNAKER and JAMIE JONES, 
individually and on behalf of all others 
similarly situated, 
 
 
 
Plaintiffs, 
 
 
 
v. 
 
PRESTAMOS CDFI, LLC and 
CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA, INC.,
 
 
 
 
Defendants. 
 
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Case No. 5:21-cv-04337-JMG 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS  
PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 
Defendants Prestamos CDFI, LLC and Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (“CPLC”) hereby 
move, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), 12(b)(2), and 12(b)(6), to dismiss 
the Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 42, with prejudice for lack of subject matter 
jurisdiction, for lack of personal jurisdiction over Defendant CPLC, and for failure to state a claim 
upon which relief can be granted. 
Defendants’ position is that the grounds for dismissal under Rules 12(b)(1), 12(b)(2), and 
12(b)(6)—regarding the Court’s lack of jurisdiction, Plaintiffs’ inability to state claims under 
Counts One through Five of the Second Amended Complaint, and the absence of a private right of 
action under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act—do not arise from pleading 
deficiencies that are curable by amendment, and that, moreover, further meet-and-confers over a 
Case 5:21-cv-04337-JMG     Document 46     Filed 06/03/22     Page 1 of 2

 
 
pleading which remains little changed from when Defendants first moved to dismiss would be 
fruitless. See Policies and Procedures of Judge John M. Gallagher § II(B)(5). 
WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request that the Court enter an order granting their 
Motion to Dismiss and dismissing the Second Amended Complaint with prejudice. 
 
Dated: June 3, 2022 
BALLARD SPAHR LLP 
 
 
By: /s/ Marcel S. Pratt 
 
 
 
Marcel S. Pratt (Pa. ID 307483) 
 
 
Michael R. McDonald (Pa. ID 326873) 
 
 
Alexa L. Levy (Pa. ID 327973) 
 
 
 
 
 
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor 
 
 
 
 
 
Philadelphia, PA 19103 
 
 
 
 
 
T: 215-665-8500 
 
 
 
 
 
F: 215-864-8999 
 
 
PrattM@ballardspahr.com 
 
 
McDonaldM@ballardspahr.com 
 
 
 
 
 
LevyA@ballardspahr.com 
 
 
 
HERRERA ARELLANO LLP 
 
 
 
 
Roy Herrera* 
 
 
Daniel A. Arellano* 
 
 
Jillian Andrews* 
 
 
530 East McDowell Road 
 
 
Suite 107-150 
 
 
Phoenix, AZ 85004 
 
 
T: 602-567-4820 
 
 
Roy@ha-firm.com 
 
 
Daniel@ha-firm.com 
 
 
Jillian@ha-firm.com 
 
 
 
*pro hac vice admission to be sought 
 
 
 
 
Attorneys for Defendants 
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