Ashitey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 DANIEL ASHITEY, Case No. 25-cv-04411-BLF 7 Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS COMPLAINT, WITH LEAVE

ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. and TERRY TO AMEND IN PART AND WITHOUT

JENKINS, LEAVE TO AMEND IN PART

10 Defendants. [Re: ECF 16]

12 Plaintiff Daniel Ashitey (“Ashitey”) is an independent contractor who provides industry training regarding cloud computing and networking. See Compl. ¶ 1, ECF 1. He and non-party SDN Pros LLC (“SDN Pros”), a training services provider, entered an agreement under which Ashitey would provide training to other companies as assigned by SDN Pros on an order-by-order basis. See id. ¶ 1 & Ex. A (Service Agreement). Through SDN Pros, Ashitey was assigned to lead cloud engineering certification courses offered by Defendant Arista Networks, Inc. (“Arista”). See id. ¶¶ 1-2. Defendant Terry Jenkins, Arista’s head of training and certification, expressed …