Quiniones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GIORGIO QUINIONES, No. 2:21-cv-01612-MCE-JDP Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER LG CHEM, LTD., Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Giorgio Quiniones (“Plaintiff”) seeks to recover from LG Chem, Ltd., (“Defendant”) for injuries sustained when his electronic cigarette “mod” device, in which he allegedly used a “LG lithium-ion 18650 battery” manufactured by Defendant, ignited next to him while he was sleeping in bed. The Court previously granted with leave to amend a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by Defendant. ECF No. 29. Plaintiff thereafter filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). ECF No. 37. Presently before the Court is Defendant’s renewed Motion to Dismiss also brought pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2). ECF No. 38. For the following reasons that Motion is GRANTED without leave to amend.1 26 27 1 Because oral argument would not be of material assistance, the Court ordered this matter 28 …