MBS Engineering Inc. v. Black Hemp Box LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MBS ENGINEERING INC., et al., Case No. 20-cv-02825-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTIONS TO DISMISS

v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 44, 46 BLACK HEMP BOX, LLC, et al., Defendants.

12 Defendants Black Hemp Box LLC (BHB), Jesse Kloberdanz, and Dewey Farms LLC (collectively, BHB defendants), and pro se defendant Graham McCarthy, have moved to dismiss the first amended complaint (FAC), Dkt. No. 43, under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) (lack of subject matter jurisdiction), 12(b)(2) (lack of personal jurisdiction), and 12(b)(6) (failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted). Dkt. Nos. 44, 46. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed. The relevant standards for the motions are well-established, and the Court applies them here. See, e.g., McDonald v. Kiloo ApS, 385 F. Supp. 3d 1022, 1030-31 (N.D. Cal. 2019); Patel v. Facebook Inc., 290 F. Supp. 3d 948, 951-52 (N.D. Cal. 2018). At the outset, both motions made use of materials outside the pleadings to challenge the…