Bonta

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Case No.: 2:19-cv-2019 DJC JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT- ROB BONTA, INTERVENOR’S MOTION TO DISMISS Defendant. 18 Defendant-Intervenor CERT has moved this Court to dismiss this matter for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (ECF No. 192.) Having reviewed the Parties’ briefings and evidence, the Court hereby DENIES this motion. CERT argues there is no “honest and antagonistic assertion of rights” as required to satisfy the case or controversy requirement of Article III because Defendant’s interests are aligned with Plaintiff’s. While CERT may disagree with how Defendant has defended and enforced Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”), they cannot in all seriousness contend that Defendant is colluding with Plaintiff to undermine Prop. 65. First, former Attorney Generals Harris and Becerra filed several important, health- protective Prop. 65 lawsuits during their tenures, and…