Valentina Riffel v. University of Southern California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

VALENTINA RIFFEL,

Case No. 5:19-cv-08466-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING WITHOUT v. LEAVE TO AMEND PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN STANDING

CALIFORNIA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 55 Defendants.

This case stems from the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal involving William “Rick” Singer and parents of college applicants conspiring to bribe athletic coaches and administrators to get their children admitted to various universities through fraud. Defendant University of Southern California (“USC”) has filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court took this motion under submission without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). For reasons stated below, the Court holds that Plaintiff Valentina Riffel (“Riffel”)…