Chea

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LINNA CHEA, Case No. 1:23-cv-00647-JLT-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING IN PART FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

v. (Doc. 44) LITE STAR ESOP COMMITTEE, et al., Defendants. 16 17 On April 27, 2023, Linna Chea, on behalf of the Lite Star Employee Stock Ownership Plan established on August 29, 2017 and effective as of September 1, 2016 (the “ESOP”) filed this civil enforcement action pursuant to Sections 502(a)(2)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(2)(3). The plaintiff sues for various violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.1 Before the Court is the motion to dismiss filed by the PFS Defendants, (Docs. 23, 23-2), a motion to dismiss filed by the ESOP Committee, Sloan, Kathleen Hagen, Kathleen Hagen as Legal Successor, and the Hagen Estate (together the “Hagen Defendants”) (ECF No. 24), and a motion to 26 1 The complaint names as defendants the Lite Star ESOP Committee (“ESOP Committee”), B-K…