CACD Federal Motion to Dismiss
Practitioner's guide to Rule 12(b)(6) in the Central District of California — pleading standards, local rules, and claim-specific issue analysis from a 34-ruling CACD corpus (2024–2026).
Try the By-Judge view — pick a CDCA judge and see how their standing order changes page limits, hearing schedule, courtesy copies, and ex parte timing relative to the default Local Rules. Covers 35 active judges.
Pleading Standards
CACD Procedure
Threshold & Jurisdictional Issues
Article III Standing — Prospective Relief
Former-relationship standing problem — Bayer/Slayman bar on prospective injunctive relief for ex-customers and ex-employees.
Forum Non Conveniens and Abstention
Atlantic Marine forum non conveniens (permissive vs. mandatory FSCs) and Brillhart/Wilton abstention for reactive declaratory judgment filings.
IFP — § 1915 Bad-Faith Dismissal
§ 1915(e)(2)(A) bad-faith dismissal — CACD cross-judge coordination and CV-60 form rigor for IFP and vexatious-litigant filings.