In re HIV Antitrust Litigation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STALEY, et al., Case No. 19-cv-02573-EMC
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Plaintiffs, FILED UNDER SEAL v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO DISMISS CLAIMS OF
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., et al., PLAINTIFFS STALEY AND SNIPE Defendants. Docket No. 877 12 13 Currently pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss filed by Gilead and Janssen (collectively, “Defendants”). Defendants argue that all claims asserted by two of the named end- payor plaintiffs (“EPPs”) –Peter Staley and Michael Snipe –should be dismissed because they lack standing to seek relief. Based on the motion for class certification, the EPPs do not seek to have either Mr. Staley or Mr. Snipe be a class representative any longer. However, the two still have individual claims. Defendants argue that the individual claims should be dismissed because Mr. Staley and Mr. Snipe have testified that did not purchase any of Defendants’ drugs during the relevant time…