Bonner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERNEST L. BONNER, JR., M.D., No. 2:19-cv-00674-MCE-EFB Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RITE AID CORPORATION, and DOES 1 through 50, 15 Defendants. 16 Through the present action, Plaintiff Ernest L. Bonner, Jr., M.D. (“Plaintiff”) alleges seven causes of action (“COA”) against Defendant Rite Aid Corporation (“Defendant”) arising from Defendant’s refusal to fill prescriptions written by Plaintiff and from alleged defamatory comments made by Defendant’s employees to Plaintiff’s patients. Presently before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). ECF No. 11. Specifically, Defendant moves to dismiss Plaintiff’s fifth, sixth, and seventh claims for relief for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Additionally, pursuant to both Rules 12(b)(6) and 12(f), Defendant moves to strike the portion of Plaintiff’s prayer for relief seeking…