Caudel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Amanda Caudel, No. 20-cv-00848-KJM-KJN Plaintiff, ORDER Vv. Amazon.com, Inc., 1S Defendant. 16 In April 2020, Amanda Caudel filed this putative class action against defendant Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) for violation of California consumer laws by allowing customers to purchase electronic media content at a higher fee than rented content, when the purchased content might become unavailable to the consumer at a later date. Amazon moves to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that plaintiff lacks standing to bring the suit and her contract-based claims are non-cognizable. For the reasons explained below, the court concludes Caudel does not 23 have standing to bring this suit and therefore the motion is granted. 24 I. BACKGROUND Amazon is a large online retailer that provides many services, including the ability to rent and purchase video content! through “Prime Video,”…