Daniel Alvarez v. Los Angeles County

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 DANIEL ALVAREZ, Case № 2:24-cv-01035-ODW (MARx)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING

v. DEFENDANT’S SPECIAL MOTION

TO STRIKE, OR, IN THE

14 LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., ALTERNATIVE, DISMISS THE

Defendants. FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [31] 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Daniel Alvarez brings this action against Defendants Los Angeles 19 County (the “County”), Los Angeles County Children and Family Services 20 (“LACFS”), and Catie Reay. (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ECF No. 28.) Reay moves 21 to strike the First Amended Complaint as asserted against her in its entirety pursuant 22 to California’s anti-SLAPP statute, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 425.16, or, in the 23 alternative, to dismiss each cause of action asserted against her pursuant to Federal 24 Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(6). (Mot. Strike & Dismiss (“Motion” or 25 “Mot.”), ECF No. 31.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the…