Gabryelle Daniels v. Meta Platforms Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 GABRYELLE DANIELS, Case No. 25-cv-05137-JD

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE DISMISSAL AND

9 v. DEFAULT JUDGMENT

10 META PLATFORMS INC., Defendant. 11

12 13 Pro se plaintiff Gabryelle Daniels filed this action for negligence against defendant Meta 14 Platforms, Inc. in connection with its social media platform, Instagram. See Dkt. No. 1. The 15 complaint alleges that Daniels’s minor daughter, D.D., was sexually assaulted by three men she 16 met on Instagram and another social media platform unrelated to Meta. Id. at 5. Daniels requests 17 injunctive relief, and monetary damages for “emotional duress, medical bills[,]” and D.D.’s 18 siblings’ “future therapy and [ ] emotional duress[.]” Id. at 6. 19 Meta asks to dismiss. See Dkt. No. 24. The motion is suitable for decision without oral 20 argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), and the hearing set for October 23, 2025, is vacated. 21 Daniels’s request to appear remotely, Dkt. No. 38, is denied as moot. The parties’…