Emily Elson v. Ashley Black

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 EMILY ELSON, et al., Case № 2:18-CV-00116-ODW (RAOx)

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ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

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14 ASHLEY BLACK, et al.,

15 Defendants. 16 17 18 I. INTRODUCTION Presently before the Court are Motions to Dismiss and a Motion to Strike filed 21 by Defendants ADB Innovations, ADB Interests, LLC, and Ashley Diana Black 22 International Holdings (collectively “Defendants”). In the interest of judicial 23 economy, the Court resolves only Defendants’ motions to dismiss concerning 12(b)(2) 24 and (4)–(5). For the reasons to follow, the Court STRIKES1 Defendants’ motion to 25 1 The Court STRIKES Defendants’ motions (ECF Nos. 63–64.) because Defendants have blatantly 26 attempted to circumvent the Court’s Order (ECF No. 43) by submitting a 35-page motion with 130 footnotes and another 32-page motion with 113 footnotes. Clearly, Defendants’ motion would 27 have exceeded the exceptionally generous page limitation of 35 pages had…