Reade

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 TARA READE, No. 2:22-cv-00543 WBS KJN Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:

MOTION TO DISMISS AND SPECIAL

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, MOTION TO STRIKE Defendant. 17 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff Tara Reade brought this action against defendant The New York Times Company challenging the alleged publication of a photograph containing her Social Security number in defendant’s newspaper, The New York Times (the “Times”). (See Compl. (Docket No. 1-1 at 5-9).) Plaintiff’s complaint includes three claims under California law: (1) violation of California Civil Code § 1798.85, (2) public disclosure of private fact, and (3) negligence. Defendant now moves both to dismiss plaintiff’s claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and to strike them via special motion under California’s anti-SLAPP statute, Cal. Code Civ. P. § 425.16. …