Gold Coast Search Partners LLC v. Career Partners, Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 GOLD COAST SEARCH PARTNERS Case No. 19-cv-03059-EMC LLC, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ 9 MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY v. INJUNCTION, AND DENYING IN 10 PART AND GRANTING IN PART CAREER PARTNERS, INC., et al., DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 11 Defendants. Docket Nos. 9, 30 12 13 14 Plaintiffs Gold Coast Search Partners LLC (“Gold Coast”), Anna Brady, and Janelle 15 Matthews (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Brady and 16 Matthews signed non-compete and non-solicitation covenants in a pre-employment agreement 17 (“Employment Agreement”) when they were former employees of Defendants Career Partners, 18 Inc. (“CPI”) and Brian O’Callaghan (collectively, “Defendants”). Plaintiffs’ complaint seeks a 19 declaratory judgment holding these covenants invalid. Plaintiffs also seek to enjoin Defendants 20 from enforcing the Employment Agreement in an earlier-filed action…