DesignTechnica Corporation v. Swigart Law Group

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DESIGNTECHNICA CORPORATION, Case No.: 24-CV-1054 W (AHG)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS [DOC. 4] SWIGART LAW GROUP, APC and Thirty-Six (36) Of Its Putative Clients, 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Pending before the Court is Swigart Law Group’s (“SLG”) motion to dismiss DesignTechnica Corporation’s (“DTC”) Complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and (b)(6). (Mtn. [Doc. 4].) The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See CivLR 7.1(d)(1). For the reasons provided below, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 24 I. BACKGROUND DesignTechnica (“DTC”) is a multimedia company incorporated in Delaware with its principle place of business in Portland, Oregon. (Complaint [Doc. 1] 2, ¶ 2.) DTC manages two websites pertinent to this lawsuit: www.themanual.com (“the Manual”) and www.digitaltrends.com (“Digital…