MEMORANDUM & ORDER Plaintiff Shea Ostreicher brings this action against Defendants Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (“Lincoln”), Dominic Braus, Advanced Trust & Life Escrow Services (“ATL”), Aryeh Safern, and Alan Rubenstein alleging breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud, and civil conspiracy, all arising out of a dispute concerning the ownership and sale of a life insurance policy. (Am. Compl. (Dkt. 29).) Lincoln, joined by the remaining Defendants, moves to dismiss the action for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).1 (Lincoln Not. of Mot. (Dkt. 42); ATL Mem. in Supp. of Mot. (Dkt. 44-1) at 15; Safern Not. of Mot. (Dkt. 46); Rubenstein Not. of Mot. (Dkt. 47); Braus Mem. in Supp. of Mot. (Dkt. 49-1) at ECF p. 9).) For the reasons set forth below, the motions are GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Allegations The court takes the facts from the complaint and assumes that they are true for the purposes of this motion. McCarthy v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp., 482 F.3d 184, 191 (2d Cir. 2007). The court also takes notice of public filings in previous litigation involving Plaintiff’s claims. Pani v. Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, 152 F.3d 67, 75 (2d Cir. 1998) (“[A] district court may rely on matters of public record in deciding a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6).”); Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. v. Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, No. 07-cv-8139, 2008 WL 3925175, at *1 n.2 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 26, 2008), aff’d, 347 F. App’x 711 (2d Cir. 2009) (taking judicial notice of parties’ public filings in a bankruptcy proceeding when deciding motion to dismiss).2 Plaintiff was appointed as trustee of the Linka Landau Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (the “Trust”) upon its formation on May 31, 2007. (Am. Compl. 9.) As trustee, Plaintiff was the beneficiary of a life insurance policy held by the trust (the “Policy”), which was issued by Lincoln insuring the life of the Trust’s settlor, Linka Landau. (Id.
8-9.) In 2011, Plaintiff engaged Defendant Alan Rubenstein, an attorney, to assist him in managing the Trust. (Id. 17.) On May 26, 2012, Plaintiff received a letter from Lincoln informing him that Defendant Aryeh Safern had been appointed as trustee of the Trust. (Id. 19.) Plaintiff provided Lincoln with a forgery affidavit contesting the legitimacy of the notice that purported to appoint Safern as trustee. (Id. 22.) In or around July 2012, Safern, acting as trustee, sold the Policy to Life Partners. (Id.
