Barnes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Keith Barnes, No. 1:22-cv-01511-KJM-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER v. The Coca-Cola Company, 1S Defendant. 16 In this case brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), plaintiff Keith Barnes proposes bringing his claims on behalf of a nationwide class. Defendant The Coca- Cola Company (Coca-Cola) moves to dismiss one of Barnes’s claims and to strike the proposed 20 class allegations. For the reasons below, the court grants both the motion to dismiss and the motion to strike with leave to amend. 22 I. BACKGROUND Barnes’s claims arise from a series of calls and voicemails from Coca-Cola. Compl., ECF No. 1412. These calls used an artificial or prerecorded voice. /d. 13. Barnes alleges that when he answered Coca-Cola’s calls, he heard a message: “Hello, this call is Coca-Cola calling to 26 remind you that we will be contacting you soon for your upcoming…