Valentina Riffel v. The Regents of The University of California

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

Presently before the Court is defendant The Regents of the University of California’s (“The Regents”) motion to dismiss, stay, or transfer this action. Dkt. (“Mot.”). The Court took The Regents’ motion under submission on November 5, 2019. Dkt. 18. Having carefully considered the parties’ arguments, the Court finds and concludes as follows. A. The Bendis Action On March 15, 2019, Tyler Bendis, Julia Bendis, Nicholas James Johnson, and James Johnson filed a putative class action against William Singer (“Singer’’); The Edge College & Career Network, LLC (“The Key”); and The Key Worldwide Foundation (“K WF’) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Bendis, et al. v. Singer, et al., Case No. 5:19-cv-01405-EJD (N.D. Cal.) (“the Bendis action”). The Bendis action also includes as defendants: the University of Southern California (“USC”): Stanford University (“Stanford”); the University of San Diego (“USD”); the University of Texas at Austin (“UT-Austin”); Wake Forest University (“Wake Forest”): Yale University (“Yale”); Georgetown University (“Georgetown”); and The Regents …