Toranto

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, Jason Toranto, originally filed a complaint on July 1, 2016, and filed a First Amended complaint ("FAC") on August 15, 2016, for conspiracy in restraint of trade (claim 1), monopoly (claim 2), bad faith professional review (claim 3), retaliation (claims 4 and 5), defamation (claim 6), violation of the Labor Code (claim 7), tortious interference with prospective economic advantage (claim 8), and unfair competition (claim 9). He names Daniel Jaffurs, Amanda Gosman, The Regents of the University of California, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, Rady Children's Specialists, Rady Children's Medical Staff, Children's Hospital of Orange County ("CHOC") and CHOC Medical Staff as defendants. Plaintiff alleges Defendants conspired to engage in and engaged in illegal, retaliatory, defamatory and anti-competitive conduct against Plaintiff, a pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgeon. See Doc. No. 21.

Defendant CHOC and CHOC Medial Staff ("CHOC Defendants") filed an answer to the FAC on August 31, 2016. See Doc. 29. Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, Rady Children's Specialist of San Diego, Rady Children's Medical Staff and Gosman ("Rady Defendants") filed a motion…