Better Meat Co. v. Emergy, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THE BETTER MEAT CO., No. 2:21-cv-02338-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. EMERGY, Inc. d/b/a MEATI FOODS, PAUL WRONSKY, and BOND CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT LP.,

16 Defendants. 17 For the reasons below, the court overrules Better Meat’s objections to the magistrate judge’s order denying Better Meat’s motion to compel. The court affirms the magistrate 20 judge’s order at ECF No. 80. I. BACKGROUND This motion stems from an ongoing action by plaintiff Better Meat Co. against defendants Emergy, Inc., Paul Vronsky and Bond Capital Management. This court has summarized the 24 history behind this action in a previous order and incorporates that summary by reference here. 25 See Prior Order (May 25, 2022), ECF No. 66. In response to Better Meat’s lawsuit, Emergy filed an anti-SLAPP motion seeking to strike Better Meat’s state-law claims, arguing Emergy’s communications are protected by California’s…