United States v. Wholesale Fireworks Corporation

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No.: 5:23-cv-01805-MEMF-SP

11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT v. WHOLESALE FIREWORKS

CORPORATION’S MOTION TO DISMISS,

WHOLESALE FIREWORKS GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANT

CORPORATION; AMERICAN FIREWORKS WHOLESALE FIREWORKS

WAREHOUSE, LLC; PINK OR BLUE CORPORATION’S MOTION TO STRIKE, GENDER TEAM, INC. d/b/a GENDER AND DENYING DEFENDANT AMERICAN

REVEAL CELEBRATIONS; REFUGIO FIREWORKS WAREHOUSE LLC’S

JIMENEZ; ANGELINA JIMENEZ; and DOES MOTION TO DISMISS [ECF NOS. 41, 42] 1-15.

17 Defendants.

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21 Before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First, Third, and Fourth Claim for 22 Relief in the First Amended Complaint and Motion to Strike (ECF No. 41) filed by Defendant 23 Wholesale Fireworks Corporation (“Wholesale Fireworks”) and the Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s 24 First Amended Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Pursuant to FRCP 12(b)(2) (ECF No. 25 42) filed by Defendant American Fireworks Warehouse, LLC (“AFW”). For the reasons stated…