Richards-Donald v. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund

MOTION to Dismiss On Behalf of Defendants TIAA BOARD OF OVERSEERS AND TIAA-CREF INDIVIDUAL AND INISTITUTIONAL SERVICES, LLC For Failure To State A Claim. Document

S.D.N.Y.November 19, 2013

ATL 19456949v1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK : CYNTHIA RICHARDS-DONALD, : : Civil Action No. 13 CV 7405 (DAB) Plaintiff, : : : v. : : TIAA BOARD OF OVERSEERS; TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA; TIAA-CREF INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES, LLC; AND JARROD FOWLER, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITIES, : : : : : : : Defendants. : NOTICE OF MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANTS TIAA BOARD OF OVERSEERS AND TIAA-CREF INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES, LLC TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon this Notice of Motion, the Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants’ Motion, the annexed declaration of Eric B. Sigda, Esq., dated November 19, 2013, and upon prior proceedings and pleadings filed herein, Defendants now move this Court before the Honorable Deborah A. Batts, at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007-1312, for an Order dismissing the Amended Complaint in its entirety as to Defendants TIAA Board of Overseers and TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services, LLC on the basis that Plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted against either of these defendants as required by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8(a) and 12(b)(6). Case 1:13-cv-07405-DAB Document 4 Filed 11/19/13 Page 1 of 2 ATL 19456949v1 Dated: New York, New York November 19, 2013 Respectfully submitted, GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP By:/s/ Eric B. Sigda Eric B. Sigda (ES-1827) Met Life Building 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 sigdae@gtlaw.com (212) 801-9386 David W. Long-Daniels* GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Terminus 200 3333 Piedmont Road, NE Suite 2500 Atlanta, Georgia 30305 (678) 553-2100 * Application for admission pro hac vice forthcoming Attorneys for Defendants TIAA Board of Overseers and TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services, LLC Case 1:13-cv-07405-DAB Document 4 Filed 11/19/13 Page 2 of 2