Xianhua

I. BACKGROUND

23 A. Plaintiff’s Alleged Pro-Democracy Activities in China 24 25 1 Defendants’ motion contains a notice of motion paginated separately from the memorandum of points and authorities in support of the motion. Civil Local Rule 7-2(b) provides that the notice of motion and points and authorities must be contained in one document with the same pagination. 1 Plaintiff Ning Xianhua is a Chinese national who resides in New York. ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶ 7. Defendant Oath Holdings, Inc. (“Oath Holdings”), which was formerly known as Yahoo! Inc. and Yahoo! Holdings, Inc., is a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Id. ¶ 8. Defendant Altaba, Inc. (“Altaba”), which was formerly known as Yahoo! Inc, is a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in San Francisco, California. Id. ¶ 9. Defendant Jerry Yang (“Yang”) founded Yahoo! Inc. and controlled Yahoo! Inc and its subsidiaries during the time period relevant to the instant case. Id. ¶ 10. Terry Semel served as Yahoo! Inc’s Chief Executive Officer and chairman of Yahoo! Inc’s board of directors during the time period relevant to the instant…