Flodin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN FLODIN, et al., Case No. 21-cv-01631-JST

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE

THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY, et al., Re: ECF No. 134 11 Defendants.

12 Before the Court is Defendants’ motion for leave to file a third-party complaint. ECF No. 134. The Court will grant the motion. I. BACKGROUND On March 8, 2021, Plaintiffs Aaron Brand and John Flodin filed this putative class action against Defendants Central Garden & Pet Company and Breeder’s Choice Pet Foods based on allegedly misleading representations regarding Defendants’ AvoDerm dog and cat food. Some of those representations concern the origin of the avocado used in the AvoDerm products—for example, that the products are “only made with the flesh or oil of California avocados.” ECF No. 102 ¶ 5 (emphasis omitted). After several rounds of motions to dismiss, Defendants filed answers to the…