Devine

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CTI III, LLC, No. 2:21-cv-02184-JAM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT TRI-

MERIT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND

v. GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN

PART DEFENDANT DEVINE’S MOTION

BARRY DEVINE, an individual; TO DISMISS TRI-MERIT, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company; and DOES 1 through 50, 16 Defendants. 17 CTI III, LLC (“CTI” or “Plaintiff”) brought this action against Barry Devine (“Devine”), its former employee, and Tri- Merit LLC (“Tri-Merit”) (collectively “Defendants”), after Devine left CTI to work for Tri-Merit, allegedly taking CTI’s confidential information and trade secrets to solicit clients with him. See generally First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ECF No. 10. CTI asserts the following claims against Defendants: (1) Misappropriation of Trade Secrets under the Defend Trade Secrets Act; (2) Misappropriation of Trade Secrets under California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act; (3) Breach of contract under the…