Alfonso Cortez v. Klique Car Club, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 ALFONSO CORTEZ, an individual; JOSE Case No.: 2:23-cv-07210-MEMF-MAA MARTINEZ, an individual; SAUL R. 11 VASQUEZ, an individual; and JORGE RUBEN ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS 12 SOLORIO, an individual, [ECF NO. 14]

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15 KLIQUE CAR CLUB, INC., a California corporation; and DOES 1-10, 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 20 Before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant Klique Car Club, Inc. ECF No. 21 14. For the reasons stated herein, the Court hereby Denies the Motion to Dismiss. 22 I. Factual Background1 23 The Klique Car Club (the “Club”) was a social club created by original members Armando 24 Romo, Johnny Almanzan, Johnny Arvizu, George Pineda, Manuel Silva, Danny Ornelas, Ruben 25 Garcia, Gus Salcid, Vincent Gomez, and Bobby Hidalgo in 1964. Compl. ¶ 11. The original 26

27 1 The following factual background is derived from the allegations in Plaintiffs’ Complaint, ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”), unless otherwise indicated. For the purposes of this Motion, the Court treats these factual 28 allegations…