Foran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELIZABETH FORAN, No. 1:20-cv-00267-DAD-BAM Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

ULTHERA, INC., et al., (Doc. No. 23) Defendants.

16 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss filed by defendants Ulthera, Inc., Merz Inc., and Merz North America (collectively, “defendants”) on June 5, 2020. (Doc. No. 23.) Pursuant to Local Rule 230(g) and General Order No. 617, defendants’ motion was taken under submission without a hearing for decision on the papers. (Doc. No. 26.) For the reasons 21 The undersigned apologizes for the excessive delay in the issuance of this order. This court’s 22 overwhelming caseload has been well publicized and the long-standing lack of judicial resources in this district long-ago reached crisis proportion. That situation has now been partially addressed by the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of a new district judge for this court on December 17, 2021. Nonetheless,…