Marks
Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Bashant, J.
ORDER:
1. GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF 8)
2. TERMINATING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE OPINIONS AND TESTIMONY OF JEFFREY HANSEN AS MOOT (ECF 37)
On April 4, 2014 Defendant Crunch San Diego, LLC brought a Motion for Summary Judgment. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Defendant Crunch San Diego, LLC (“Crunch”) operates gyms in San Diego, California, as well as in several other states. Compl. ¶ 3, ECF 1. Plaintiff Jordan Marks entered into a contractual relationship with Crunch sometime before November 20, 2012. Id. Crunch uses a third-party web-based platform administrated by Textmunication to send promotional text messages to its members’ and prospective customers’ cell phones. Def.’s Mot. Summ. J. 2:12-14, ECF 8. The phone numbers are inputted into the platform by one of three methods: (1) when Crunch or another authorized person manually uploads a phone number onto the platform; (2) when an individual responds to a Crunch marketing campaign via text message (a “call to action”); and (3) when an individual manually inputs the phone number on a consent form through Crunch’s website that interfaces…