Fortis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JEFFREY P. FORTIS, an individual, No. 2:19-cv-00627-MCE-KJN Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WARRIOR TRADING, INC., a Delaware Corporation; ROSS CAMERON, an individual; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 15 Defendants. 16 17 By way of this action, Jeffrey P. Fortis (“Plaintiff”) seeks to recover from Defendants Warrior Trading, Inc. (“Warrior”) and Ross Cameron (“Cameron”) for violations of California’s wage and hours laws, wrongful termination, and defamation. Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, or in the Alternative, to Stay (“Motion”) (ECF No. 5) seeking to dismiss or stay this action on the basis that it is substantially similar to Warrior Trading, Inc. v. Jeffery P. Fortis, Case No. 2019-0140 (“Delaware Action”), filed by Warrior in Delaware. For the following reasons, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED to the extent this matter is stayed pending disposition of the Delaware Action.1 27 1 Because oral argument was…