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 Defendant. 16 Through the present action, Plaintiff Ernest L. Bonner, Jr., M.D. (“Plaintiff”) alleges six causes of action (“COA”) against Defendant Rite Aid Corporation (“Defendant”): (1) Unfair Competition (“UCL”); (2) Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage; (3) Negligent Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage; (4) Defamation; (5) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (“IIED”); and (6) violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (“§ 1981”). Presently before the Court are two defense motions: (1) Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), ECF No. 24, and (2) Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff’s SAC, ECF No. 25. For the reasons set forth below, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED and Defendant’s Motion to Strike is DENIED as moot.1 27 1 Because oral argument would…