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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 CHRIS W., et al., Case No. 20-cv-04491-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS

v. 6 Re: Dkt. No. 45 PROVIDENCE HEALTH PLAN, et al., Defendants.

The Court granted defendant Providence Health Plan’s (PHP) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, with leave to amend. Dkt. No. 36. Plaintiff Chris W. field an amended complaint, Dkt. No. 39, that PHP asks again to dismiss for failing to plausibly allege that it did anything claim-related within California or this District that might establish personal jurisdiction, Dkt. No. 45. The parties’ familiarity with record is assumed, and the governing standards stated in the prior dismissal order are incorporated here. PHP is dismissed as a defendant, without prejudice. Although not crystal clear in the amended complaint, Chris W.’s main argument for personal jurisdiction is that he has now alleged that PHP is “part of and controlled by a larger entity” that is headquartered in California. See Dkt. No. 50 at 1; see…