Cook

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division CAROLYN COOK, Case No. 21-cv-00160-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES, Re: ECF No. 7 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, who is representing herself, sued the defendant, Joyce Meyers Ministries, in state court for negligence, defamation, and fraud after it allegedly refused to return her donation, resulting in the alleged loss of wages of $700,000.1 The parties are diverse. The defendant removed the case to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction and moved to dismiss the complaint because (1) the claims are unintelligible (and thus are not plainly pled under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) or plausible), (2) the plaintiff did not plead fraud with particularity, and (3) the applicable statutes of limitations bar the claims.2 The court can decide the motion without oral…