Christopher Calise v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHRISTOPHER CALISE; No. 22-15910

ANASTASIA GROSCHEN,

D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 4:21-cv-06186- v. JSW

META PLATFORMS, INC.,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 17, 2023 San Francisco, California

Filed June 4, 2024

Before: Eugene E. Siler,* Jacqueline H. Nguyen, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson; Concurrence by Judge R. Nelson

* The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. CALISE V. META PLATFORMS, INC.

SUMMARY**

Communications Decency Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s order dismissing plaintiffs’ non-contract claims against social media company Meta Platforms, Inc., commonly known as Facebook, as barred by § 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act (CDA); vacated the dismissal of plaintiffs’…