PETER G. SHERIDAN, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on a motion to dismiss the Complaint by Defendants Appliances APPLIANCES BUY PHONE, INC.Buy Phone, Inc., Cheryl Sigman and Steven Sigman (hereinafter "Defendants") (ECF no. 6); and a motion for summary judgment by Plaintiff (ECF no. 10). For the reasons set forth below, the motion to dismiss is granted, and the motion for summary judgment is denied as moot.
Several years ago, the same parties
In the present case, D'Agostino seeks federal jurisdiction over this law suit by reasserting his cybersquatting claim under the ACCPA, arguing that he originally dismissed that claim without prejudice.
The ACCPA has a statute of limitations of two years. As the Court reads the Complaint, the facts extend back to 2003 — far beyond the two year statute of limitations. Plaintiff argues that the initial suit was timely filed, and that the prior law suit tolled the statute of limitations. This argument lacks merit. Generally, the dismissal of a claim from a law suit without prejudice does not toll the statute of limitations of that claim. Humphreys v. United States, 272 F.2d 411,412 (9th Cir. 1959). The "original complaint is treated as it never existed." Cardio-Medical Assoc. v. Crozer-Chester Medical Center, 721 F.2d 68, 77 (3d Cir. 1983). As such, the anti-cybersquatting claim is dismissed with prejudice.
The remaining counts of the Complaint, breach of contract, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets, are common law clauses of action. The Court has no jurisdiction over the remaining counts, and the Court declines to assert supplemental jurisdiction over those counts pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c).
This matter having come before the Court on a motion to dismiss the Complaint by Defendants Appliances Buy Phone, Inc., Cheryl Sigman and Steven Sigman (ECF no. 6); and a motion for summary judgment by Plaintiff (ECF no. 10); and for the reasons set above;
IT IS on this 3rd day of November, 2014;
ORDERED that motion to dismiss (ECF no. 6) is granted; and it is further
ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment (ECF no. 10) is denied as moot.