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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division IMAN REZANEZHAD GATABI, Case No. 24-cv-02398-LB

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CASE v. Re: ECF Nos. 92, 94–

UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, an attorney who is representing himself, allegedly suffered mercury poisoning from consuming large amounts of seafood from 2016 to 2020.1 He sued the U.S. FDA on the ground that it should have issued a regulation requiring grocers and food producers to warn consumers about the risk of mercury in seafood.2 He sued Trader Joe’s, Safeway, and Target for negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and breach of the implied warranty of merchantability, generally because they failed to provide information about the known risks of mercury.3 The FDA moved to dismiss on the grounds that (1) the plaintiff lacks standing because he cannot trace his ailments…