Howard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 DANIEL HOWARD, Case No. 21-cv-09703-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION TO STRIKE

v. ANSWER AND MOTION FOR LEAVE

TO FILE AN AMENDED ANSWER

TANIUM, INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 11, 12 Defendant.

13 Daniel Howard, who is representing himself, filed this action in the San Mateo County Superior Court alleging fraud-intentional misrepresentation by his former employer Tanium, Inc. (Dkt. No. 1-2.) Plaintiff alleges that Tanium misrepresented the value of its stock for purposes of the compensation package that he received as part of his job offer and that he did not discover the false representation for over 18 months. Tanium removed the action to this Court based on diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441, and filed its answer to Plaintiff’s complaint. (Dkt. No. 1.) Plaintiff thereafter moved to strike the answer, and a week later, Tanium filed a motion for leave to file an amended answer.1 (Dkt. Nos. 11, 12.) After carefully considering the…