Hassell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENT HASSELL, Case No. 20-cv-04062-PJH Plaintiff,

v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 21

Before the court is defendant Uber Eats’ (“defendant”) motion to dismiss and strike class allegations (Dkt. 21). Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS defendant’s motion to dismiss and DENIES as moot its alternative request to strike. BACKGROUND Defendant, a division of Uber Technologies, Inc., provides food delivery services through its “Uber Eats” mobile phone application. Dkt. 1 (Compl.) ¶¶ 2, 12. Plaintiff Kent Hassell (“plaintiff”) has worked as an Uber Eats driver since January 2020. Id. ¶ 6. He seeks to certify a class comprising “all UberEats drivers who have worked in California.” Id. ¶ 36. At core, plaintiff alleges that,…