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., an individual, No. 2:22-cv-00672-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. Red Roof Inns, Inc., Defendant. 16 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 motion. 20 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff originally filed this action in April 2022 seeking to hold RRI responsible under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), 18 U.S.C. § 1595, for knowingly benefitting from the trafficking of her by others at the Red Roof-branded Stockton 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…