BeckerSmith Medical, Inc. v. Quinton Bickley

I. INTRODUCTION

24 On July 7, 2021, Plaintiff BeckerSmith Medical, Inc. (“BSM”) filed this action 25 against Defendants Quinton Bickley and Marshall Fryman in the Superior Court of 26 California, County of Orange, alleging that Defendants “conspired together to weaponize 27 the knowledge of BSM’s confidential information against BSM either for the purpose of 28 -1- Case 8:22-cv-02072-CJC-ADS Document Filed 01/26/ Page 2 of Page ID #:1137

leveraging a better deal with BSM or for the purpose of disrupting and interfering with BSM’s business in retaliation for BSM’s refusal to acquiesce to their demands.” (Dkt. 1- 1 [Complaint] ¶ 14.) Now before the Court is Defendants’ motion to remand and request for sanctions. (Dkt. 19.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the motion to remand and DENIES the request for sanctions.1 6 II. BACKGROUND 8 A. Factual Background 10 BSM is a medical device developer that focuses on products that monitor, analyze, 12 and manage Cerebral Spinal Fluid (“CSF”) drainage. (Dkt. 1-33 [Second Amended 13 Complaint, hereinafter “SAC”] ¶ 7.) “For over ten years, Plaintiff has been working on…