Tormasi
Tormasi v. Western Digital Corp.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 WALTER A. TORMASI, Case No. 19-cv-00772-HSG
8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S
MOTION TO DISMISS
9 v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 19, 27, 24, 29 10 WESTERN DIGITAL CORP., 11 Defendant.
12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Western Digital Corporation’s motion to dismiss. 13 Dkt. No. 19. Defendant argues that Plaintiff Walter A. Tormasi lacks standing to bring suit 14 because he does not hold title to United States Patent Nos. 7,324,301 (“the ’301 Patent”) and lacks 15 capacity to sue because he is an inmate prohibited from conducting business. Defendant also 16 argues that Plaintiff fails to plausibly allege willful patent infringement. For the reasons explained 17 below, the Court GRANTS the motion. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 Plaintiff filed this action on February 12, 2019, alleging infringement of the ’301 Patent. 20 Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.). The ’301 Patent is titled “Striping Data Simultaneously Across Multiple 21 Platter Surfaces” and “pertains to the field of…