Benjamin Paul De Ayora, Christine Wiley, Mikhail Gershzon, and George Nino v. Inspire Brands, Inc., Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., Jimmy John’s Franchisor SPV, LLC, Sonic Industries Services, LLC, and Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENJAMIN PAUL DE AYORA, et al., Case No. 25-cv-03645-AGT

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 45 INSPIRE BRANDS, INC., et al., Defendants.

1. Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Sue Inspire. Defendants Inspire Brands, Inc. (Inspire), Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (Arby’s), Jimmy John’s Franchisor SPV, LLC (Jimmy John’s), Sonic Industries Services, LLC (Sonic),1 and Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. (Dunkin’)2 (collectively, Defendants) ask the Court to dismiss Inspire with prejudice. Dkt. 45 at 17 & 36.3 Defendants argue that plaintiffs Benja- min Paul de Ayora, Christine Wiley, Mikhail Gershzon, and George Nino (collectively, Plaintiffs) allege no facts linking Inspire to the allegations of the complaint, id. at 17, and instead seek to hold Inspire liable based only on its status as parent company. Dkt. 48 at 10– 11. Plaintiffs argue that Inspire claims to have engaged in the conduct at issue in the

1 Sonic is not separately alleged in the complaint as a party defendant. See dkt. 35 ¶¶ 6–13. 2 Dunkin’ is alleged to operate both the Dunkin’ website and that of Baskin Robbins. Dkt. 35 ¶ 13. 3 Page numbers in…