Baker v. Great Northern Energy, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JANE J. BOYLE, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim or, in the Alternative, Motion to Compel Arbitration and Dismiss Action or Stay Proceedings (doc. 25) (the “Motion”). For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS the Motion to the extent it seeks dismissal for failure to state a claim, and DENIES AS MOOT the Motion to the extent it seeks to compel arbitration.

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BACKGROUND

This case involves an oil and gas investment gone bad.1 The investor who filed this suit is Burdick Baker (“Baker”), a resident of…