Willis Lamar Ridgeway v. Spokeo, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

12 Case No.: 2:23-cv-01660-MEMF-AS WILLIS LAMAR RIDGEWAY, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT

Plaintiff, SPOKEO, INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS

AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF

v. RIDGEWAY’S REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO

AMEND [ECF NOS. 23, 34]

SPOKEO, Inc., Defendant. 19

21 Before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant Spokeo, Inc. (ECF No. 23) and 22 Plaintiff Willis Lamar Ridgeway’s Response to the Court’s Order to Show Cause on Subject Matter 23 Jurisdiction (ECF No. 34). For the reasons stated herein, the Court hereby GRANTS the Motion to 24 Dismiss and GRANTS Ridgeway leave to amend.

26 / / / 27 / / / 28 I. Background A. Factual Background1 Defendant Spokeo, Inc. (“Spokeo”) operates a people search engine, spokeo.com, which offers to display detailed reports about individuals to any user who pays a monthly subscription fee. …