J.C.
J.C. v. Choice Hotels International, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 J.C., Case No. 20-cv-00155-WHO Plaintiff, 8
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
9 v. SHORTEN TIME 10 CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, Re: Dkt. No. 59 INC., et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 Plaintiff J.C. has sued several hotels in this case under the Trafficking Victims Protection 14 Reauthorization Act of 2008 18 U.S.C. § 1591 et seq. for sex trafficking that occurred at their 15 hotels. As to defendant Hilton Worldwide Holding Inc.’s (“Hilton”), the First Amended 16 Complaint alleges that J.C. was trafficked at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Alexandria Old 17 Town located at 1900 Diagonal Road, in Alexandria, Virginia. First Amended Complaint 18 (“FAC”) [Dkt. No. 34] ¶¶ 108(a), 118, 122. Hilton has moved to dismiss the FAC on several 19 grounds, including that there is no specific jurisdiction over them for conduct that occurred at the 20 Embassy Suites in Virginia. Defendant Hilton Worldwide Holding Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss the 21 First Amended Complaint Under Rules 12(b)(2), 12(b)(6) and 21 (“Hilton MTD”)…