Callahan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MEREDITH CALLAHAN, et al., Case No. 20-cv-09203-EMC

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO STAY PENDING

v. APPEAL; GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

PEOPLECONNECT, INC., MOTION TO DISMISS AND STRIKE;

AND DENYING DEFENDANT’S

Defendant. MOTION TO STAY DISCOVERY

Docket Nos. 26, 28,

13 14 Plaintiffs Meredith Callahan and Lawrence Geoffrey Abraham have filed a class action against Defendant PeopleConnect, Inc. According to Plaintiffs, PeopleConnect misappropriated Plaintiffs’ names, photographs, and likenesses and used the same in advertising its products and services, “including reprinted yearbooks and subscription memberships to the website Classmates.com.” Compl. ¶ 2. Currently pending before the Court are three motions filed by PeopleConnect: (1) a motion to stay pending appeal; (2) a motion to dismiss and strike2; and (3) a motion to…