Hall
DaShay Louis Hall v. YouTube, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DASHAY LOUIS HALL, Case No. 24-cv-04071-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT AND DENYING
YOUTUBE, LLC, MOTION FOR SANCTIONS Defendant. Dkt. Nos. 30, 37.
12 Plaintiff DaShay Hall Sr., a content creator who operates several YouTube channels, filed this suit against YouTube alleging that it mishandled DMCA1 takedown notices he filed against other content creators and notices filed against his content. I dismissed Hall’s original complaint with leave to amend in May 2025. May 2025 Order, Dkt. No. 28. I explained that his breach of contract claims failed because he had not identified any breach of a specific promise in YouTube’s Terms of Service (“TOS”) or identified any conduct by YouTube that went beyond what the TOS allowed YouTube to do in its discretion. Id. at 6-9. I dismissed his tort claims because, as they were pleaded, they were based on YouTube’s…