Franks
Justin Franks, et al. v. SidePrize LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JUSTIN FRANKS, et al., Case No. 25-cv-04916-CRB
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v.
TRANSFER
SIDEPRIZE LLC, Defendant.
Plaintiffs Justin Franks and Jack Bacigalupi (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) brought a class action complaint against Defendant SidePrize LLC d/b/a PrizePicks (“PrizePicks”), a company that offers online fantasy sports betting. See Compl. (dkt. 1). Plaintiffs allege that sports betting in California is illegal and that PrizePicks’ representations to the contrary induced them to gamble on PrizePicks’ platform. See id. ¶¶ 114, 129. In response, PrizePicks filed a motion to transfer as well as a motion to dismiss. See Mot. (dkt. 30); MTD (dkt. 33). Because of the validity of the parties’ forum selection clause, the Court GRANTS PrizePicks’ motion to transfer.1 I. BACKGROUND PrizePicks is a Georgia company with its headquarters in Atlanta. Compl. ¶ 5. It operates an online platform for gambling through…