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 Vv. EMERGY, Inc. d/b/a MEATI FOODS, PAUL VRONSKY, and BOND CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT LP.,

16 Defendants. 17 EMERGY, INC. d/b/a MEATI FOODS, Counter Claimant, 19 20 THE BETTER MEAT CO. and AUGUSTUS

PATTILLO,

22 Counter Defendants. 23 24 I. BACKGROUND In this hotly contested litigation regarding meat substitutes, defendant/counter-claimant Emergy seeks attorneys’ fees and costs for prevailing in its anti-SLAPP action. Plaintiff/counter- 27 defendant Better Meat moves for a certificate of interlocutory appeal and to stay proceedings with 28 respect to Emergy’s motion. For the reasons below, the court denies both motions.

II. BACKGROUND The court summarized the history of this action in two previous orders and incorporates those summaries by reference here. See Prior Order (May 25, 2022), ECF No. 66; Prior Order (Apr. 17, 2023), ECF No.…