Dorfman
Peak Health Center v. Dorfman
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 PEAK HEALTH CENTER, Case No. 19-cv-04145-VKD
9 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
10 v. DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR
ATTORNEYS’ FEES
11 BRANDON DORFMAN, Re: Dkt. No. 55 Defendant. 12
13 Defendant Brandon Dorfman moves for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to California’s 14 Anti-Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (“anti-SLAPP”) statute, California Code of 15 Civil Procedure § 425.16(c). Dkt. No. 55. Plaintiff Peak Health Center (“Peak Health”) opposes 16 the motion. Dkt. No. 58. 17 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), the Court finds Mr. Dorfman’s motion suitable for 18 decision without oral argument. For the reasons described below, the Court grants in part and 19 denies in part the motion for fees. 20 I. BACKGROUND 21 Peak Health filed this action on July 18, 2019, followed by a first amended complaint 22 (“FAC”) on July 30, 2019 asserting claims for trade libel; intentional interference…