J.M.
J.M. v. Choice Hotels Internat'l, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 J.M., an individual, No. 2:22-cv-00672-KJM-JDP 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. Red Roof Inns, Inc., 15 Defendant. 16 17 Defendant Red Roof Inns, Inc (RRI) seeks leave to file a third-party complaint against its 18 | franchisee, Bhola Co. Plaintiff opposes. For the following reasons, the court denies RRI’s 19 | motion. 20 | I. BACKGROUND 21 Plaintiff originally filed this action in April 2022 seeking to hold RRI responsible under 22 | the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), 18 U.S.C. § 1595, for 23 | knowingly benefitting from the trafficking of her by others at the Red Roof-branded Stockton 24 | RRI.! See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff served RRI in June 2022, see Summons, ECF No. 15, 25 | and in July 2022 the parties filed a joint status report, see First JSR, ECF No. 25. In October
' Plaintiff also named Choice Hotels International, Inc. as a defendant, but later filed a notice of…