Kimberly Banks v. R.C. Bigelow, Inc.

O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 KIMBERLY BANKS and CAROL ) Case No. 20-cv-6208 DDP (RAOx) 12 CANTWELL, on behalf of themselves ) 13 and all others similarly situated, ) ORDER DENYING IN PART, 14 ) GRANTING IN PART, Plaintiffs, ) DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO 15 ) DISMISS THE FIRST AMENDED 16 v. ) COMPLAINT ) 17 R.C. BIGELOW, INC., a corporation; and ) [Dkt. 12] 18 DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, ) ) 19 Defendants. ) 20

21 Presently before the court is Defendan t’s Motion to Dismiss the First Amended 22 C omplaint, or in the alternative, Motion to Str ike First Amended Complaint. (Dkt. 12.)

23 H a v i n g c o n s i d e r e d the parties’ submissions a nd heard oral argument, the court grants 24 the motion in part, denies in part, and adopts the following Order.

25 I. BACKGROUND 26 P laintiffs Kimberly Banks and Carol Cantwell (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) bring this 27 p u t a t i v …