R. S. v. Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiff R.S. brings this putative class action against Defendant Prime 19 Healthcare Services, Inc. for an alleged violation of the Electronic Communications 20 Privacy Act (“ECPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2511(1) et seq. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) 21 Defendant now moves to dismiss this action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 22 (“Rule”) 12(b)(6). (Mot. Dismiss (“Mot.” or “Motion”), ECF No. 13.) For the 23 following reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion.1

II. BACKGROUND

25 Defendant Prime Healthcare is a healthcare company is a healthcare company 26 that operates forty-four hospitals in fourteen states, including California. (Compl.

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. 1 ¶ 1); see Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (stating that well-pleaded factual 2 allegations are accepted as true for purposes of a motion to dismiss). Prime 3 Healthcare also operates more than 300 outpatient locations and has nearly 4 45,000…