J.M.
J.M. v. Choice Hotels Internat'l, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 J.M., No. 2:22-cv-00672-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v.
CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
et al., Defendants. 17 Defendant Red Roof Inns, Inc., a hotel franchisor, moves to dismiss plaintiff J.M.’s 19 perpetrator and direct beneficiary claims under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), 18 U.S.C. § 1595. For the reasons below, the court denies the motion to dismiss. 22 I. BACKGROUND The court has summarized the history of this case in a prior order, Prior Order (Oct. 17, 2022), ECF No. 42, and incorporates that summary by reference in this order. As relevant here, 25 plaintiff alleges she was trafficked at a franchisee hotel over the span of multiple weeks. See generally Second Am. Compl. (SAC), ECF No. 52. She claims hotel staff not only witnessed her 27 being trafficked but helped her trafficker perpetrate the crime. /d. In…