Hector Portaluppi v. FortiFi Financial, Inc.

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44 55 66 77 United States District Court 88 Central District of California 99 1100 1111 HECTOR PORTALUPPI, et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-7959-ODW (RAOx)

1122 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

1133 v. MOTION TO DISMISS [29] AND

DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

1144 FORTIFI FINANCIAL, INC. (f/k/a TO STRIKE CLASS ALLEGATIONS Energy Efficient Equity, Inc.), et al. [30] 1155 Defendants. 1166

1177 1188 I. INTRODUCTION 1199 Plaintiffs Hector and Carmen Portaluppi initiated this putative class action 2200 against Defendants FortiFi Financial, Inc. (f/k/a Energy Efficient Equity, Inc.) and the 2211 County of Los Angeles based on allegations that the County and private financing 2222 contractors like FortiFi are scamming low-income California homeowners. (First Am. 2233 Compl. (“FAC”), ECF No. 25.) Presently before the Court are Defendants’ Motion to 2244 Dismiss Plaintiffs’ FAC and Motion to Strike Class Allegations, which are both fully 2255 briefed. (See Mot. Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF No. 29; Opp’n MTD, ECF No. 36; 2266

2277 1 Defendants…