Cheslow

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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7 LINDA CHESLOW, et al., Case No. 19-cv-07467-PJH 8 Plaintiffs,

9 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS

10 GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE COMPANY, Re: Dkt. No. 14 11 Defendant. 12

13 14 Defendant Ghirardelli Chocolate Co.’s (“Ghirardelli” or “defendant”) motion to 15 dismiss came on for hearing before this court on March 11, 2020. Plaintiffs Linda 16 Cheslow and Steven Prescott (“plaintiffs”) appeared through their counsel, Matthew 17 Theriault. Defendant appeared through its counsel, Dale Giali. Having read the papers 18 filed by the parties and carefully considered their arguments and relevant authority, and 19 good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS defendant’s motion for the following 20 reasons. 21 BACKGROUND 22 On September 19, 2019, plaintiffs filed a complaint in Sonoma County Superior 23 Court, which defendant removed to federal court on November 13, 2019. Dkt. 1. The 24 complaint (“Compl.”) asserts three causes of…