Virginia Hoge v. Eric Schmidt

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8 United States District Court 9 Central District of California

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11 VIRGINIA HOGE Case № 2:23-cv-07389-ODW (AJRx)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART

13 v. MOTION TO DISMISS [16]; AND

REMANDING CASE

14 ERIC SCHMIDT et al.,

15 Defendants.

16 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Virginia Hoge filed this action in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging 19 cyber spying, cyber stalking, and cyber harassment. (Notice of Removal (“NOR”) 20 Ex. A (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1.) Defendant Google, LLC removed the action based on 21 federal question and supplemental jurisdiction, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1367. 22 (NOR ¶¶ 3–7.) Google now moves to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 23 Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(6). (Mot. Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF No. 16.) For the reasons 24 discussed below, the Court GRANTS IN PART Defendant’s Motion to DISMISS, and 25 REMANDS the remaining state law claims to the Los Angeles Superior Court.1 26 27

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court…