Rangel
Rangel v. Twitter Foundation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ADRIAN RANGEL, Case No. 21-cv-08062-CRB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v.
DISMISS
JACK DORSEY, et al., Defendants.
Pro se Plaintiff Adrian Rangel is suing Defendants Twitter Inc. and its former CEO Jack Dorsey (collectively, Twitter) because Twitter suspended his account after he tweeted “HANG THEM ALL.” The Court finds oral argument unnecessary. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss and denies leave to amend. I. BACKGROUND A. Facts Twitter is a free social media platform that enables account holders to engage in dialogue and to share content with each other through short messages called “tweets.” SAC (dkt. 17) at 1. Rangel is a resident of Illinois who has a Twitter account with the username “religiouserpico.” Id. at 17, 2-3. On September 7, 2019, Rangel alleges that he shared a tweet that stated “HANG THEM ALL” in response to another unspecified Tweet and was…