MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction filed by CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA,… — Marshall Prestamos (Dkt. 84)

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Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.'s renewed motion to dismiss the second amended complaint in Marshall v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC and Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc., Case No. 5:21-cv-04337-JMG, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, filed 10/13/23 as Document 84. CPLC moves under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6) to dismiss with prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to state a claim under Counts One and Five. It argues the defects are not curable by amendment and that further meet-and-confers over a pleading little changed since the first motion to dismiss would be fruitless. The motion is signed by counsel at Ballard Spahr LLP and Herrera Arellano 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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DEFENDANT CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA, INC.’S RENEWED MOTION  
TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 
 
Defendant Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (“CPLC”) hereby move, pursuant to Federal Rules 
of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6), to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 
42, with prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction over Defendant CPLC, and for failure to state 
a claim upon which relief can be granted. 
Defendant’s position is that the grounds for dismissal under Rules 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6)—
regarding the Court’s lack of jurisdiction and Plaintiffs’ inability to state claims under Counts One 
and Five of the Second Amended Complaint do not arise from pleading deficiencies that are 
curable by amendment, and that, moreover, further meet-and-confers over a 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). 
Case 5:21-cv-04337-JMG     Document 84     Filed 10/13/23     Page 1 of 2

 
 
WHEREFORE, Defendant CPLC respectfully requests that the Court enter an order 
granting its Renewed Motion to Dismiss and dismissing the Second Amended Complaint with 
prejudice. 
 
Dated: October 13, 2023 
BALLARD SPAHR LLP 
 
 
By: /s/ Marcel S. Pratt 
 
Marcel S. Pratt (Pa. ID 307483 ) 
Timothy D. Katsiff (Pa. ID 75490) 
Thomas J. Gallagher IV (Pa. ID 316269) 
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 
KatsiffT@ballardspahr.com 
GallagherT@ballardspahr.com 
LevyA@ballardspahr.com 
 
 
 
HERRERA ARELLANO LLP 
 
Roy Herrera (admitted pro hac vice)  
Daniel A. Arellano (admitted pro hac vice) 
Jillian Andrews (admitted pro hac vice) 
Austin T. Marshall (admitted pro hac vice) 
1001 North Central Avenue, Suite 404 
Phoenix, AZ 85004 
T: 602-567-4820 
Roy@ha-firm.com 
Daniel@ha-firm.com 
Jillian@ha-firm.com 
Austin@ha-firm.com 
 
 
Attorneys for Defendants 
Case 5:21-cv-04337-JMG     Document 84     Filed 10/13/23     Page 2 of 2

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