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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 THOMAS COLOPY, et al., Case No. 19-cv-06462-EMC

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

9 v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS

10 UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC., Docket No. 61 11 Defendant.

12 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 On April 16, 2020, Plaintiffs Spencer Verhines and Christopher James (collectively 16 “Plaintiffs”) filed a Consolidated Class Action Complaint (“Consolidated Complaint”) alleging 17 various wage-and-hour claims under California law and seeking various forms of relief, including 18 under California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”) and the federal Declaratory Judgment Act 19 (“DJA”). See Docket No. 42. Defendant is Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber” or “Defendant”). Id. 20 Uber now seeks dismissal of several parts of the Consolidated Complaint, principally Count I 21 (Declaratory Judgment) and Count VI (UCL). See Docket No. 61. 22 II. BACKGROUND 23 The Court and the parties are well…