von Prince v. DSM Nutritional Products LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
BEOWULF VON PRINCE, Case No. 20-cv-01283-VC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
v. DISMISS
DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LLC, Re: Dkt. Nos. 12, 26 et al., Defendants.
The complaint is dismissed as against both defendants for lack of jurisdiction. As far as the Court can determine with respect to defendant Swiss Post Solutions, von Prince has not pleaded any facts that show personal jurisdiction (either general or specific jurisdiction) over the defendant in California. See Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. 117, 133 (2014). The fact that von Prince alleges joint and several liability between the defendants does not provide a basis for personal jurisdiction under U.S. law. With respect to defendant DSM Nutritional Products LLC, von Prince does not seem to allege any facts that give rise to Article III standing—in particular, he does not adequately allege that this particular defendant (rather than another corporation, DSM Nutritional Products AG) took any action that caused him injury, nor does he adequately allege any alter ego or agency theory for holding the subsidiary defendant…