Knuth
Knuth v. Cap Patrol, LLC Ohio
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Dean L. Knuth, Case No. 23-cv-1676-BAS-DEB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND (ECF No. 16) Cap Patrol, LLC Ohio; Cap
Patrol, LLC Kentucky; 15 George E. Thurner, III; 16 Defendants. 17 I. BACKGROUND According to the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), Plaintiff Dean Knuth is a California resident. (FAC ¶ 1, ECF No. 4.) Defendant George Thurner is a resident of Ohio or Kentucky. (FAC ¶¶ 4–5.) Thurner is the founder, President, and CEO of two Cap Patrol LLCs—one formed in Ohio and one in Kentucky—which together Knuth refers to as “Cap Patrol.” (FAC 1:2–6.) Knuth does not allege who the members of the LLCs are or what their residences are. He alleges a Zoom link for Cap Patrol said it had a corporate office in Sacramento. (FAC ¶ 10.) In 1998, Knuth invented the Tournament Point System and Flighted Events Using the Tournament Point System (“Flighted System”), which…