Stephen H. Bafford v. Northrop Grumman Corporation

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 STEPHEN H. BAFFORD et al., Case № 2:18-cv-10219-ODW (Ex)

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS AND

14 NORTHROP GRUMMAN STRIKE AND DENYING CORPORATION et al., DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO Defendants. STRIKE CLASS ALLEGATIONS 16 [134] [135] 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Stephen H. Bafford, Laura Bafford, and Evelyn L. Wilson bring this 20 putative class action against Defendant Administrative Committee of the Northrop 21 Grumman Pension Plan (the “Committee”), asserting violations of the Employee 22 Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1025. (Fourth Am. Compl. 23 (“FoAC”) ¶¶ 80–86, 107–123, ECF No. 133.) The Committee moves to dismiss 24 Plaintiffs’ claims under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule” or 25 “Rules”) 12(b)(6). (Mot. Dismiss & Strike, ECF No. 134.) The Committee also 26 moves…