Provins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PREHIRED, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-00384-DAD-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S

MATTHEW PROVINS, COMPLAINT Defendant. (Doc. No. 28) 16 This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion to strike plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP statute. (Doc. No. 28.) The pending motion was taken under submission by the previously assigned district judge on May 25, 2022. (Doc. No. 51.) For the reasons explained below, the court will grant defendant’s motion to strike the complaint. BACKGROUND In its complaint, plaintiff alleges as follows. Plaintiff Prehired, LLC (“Prehired”) is a company that trains and mentors its clients, including defendant Matthew Provins, regarding “skills and techniques that are required or helpful in order for them to seek and obtain employment in the software sales industry.” (Doc. No. 1 at…