W.
W. v. Providence Health Plan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHRIS W., et al., Case No. 20-cv-04491-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE PERSONAL
v. JURISDICTION
PROVIDENCE HEALTH PLAN, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 19 Defendants.
12 This order resolves defendant Providence Health Plan’s (PHP) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 19. The motion is suitable for decision on the papers, Civil L.R. 7-1(b), and is granted with leave to amend. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed. The Court has detailed the standards governing the pleading of personal jurisdiction in several prior decisions. See, e.g., Sharpe v. Puritan’s Pride, Inc., No. 16-cv-06717-JD, 2019 WL 188658, at *4-5 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 14, 2019); Zithromia Ltd. v. Gazeus Negocios De Internet SA., No. 3:17-cv-06475-JD, 2018 WL 6340875, at *2-3 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 5, 2018). The Court did not hold an evidentiary hearing on jurisdiction, and so plaintiffs had the burden of making a prima facie case for personal…