McCarthy
McCarthy v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 STEVEN M. MCCARTHY, Case No. 25-cv-00862-JSW
8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
DISMISS WITHOUT LEAVE TO
9 v. AMEND AND DENYING AS MOOT
MOTION TO STAY DISCOVERY
10 META PLATFORMS INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 35, 68 Defendants. 11
12 13 This matter comes before the Court upon consideration of the motions to dismiss and to 14 stay discovery filed by Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) and Mark Zuckerberg (“Mr. Zuckerberg”) 15 (collectively “Defendants”). The Court has considered the parties’ papers, relevant legal 16 authority, and the record in this case and HEREBY GRANTS Meta’s motion to dismiss and 17 DENIES AS MOOT the motion to stay discovery. 18 BACKGROUND 19 Plaintiff Steven M. McCarthy (“Mr. McCarthy”) alleges that he was an active user of 20 Facebook for many years. (First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) ¶ 17.) Mr. McCarthy describes 21 himself as an “armchair historian” and alleges that he would post political cartoons to his 22 …