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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEITH COY, et al., Case No. 19-cv-08192-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS

v.

LILITH GAMES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., et al., 11 Defendants.

12 Plaintiffs Keith Coy, James Moran, and Casey Meigs, on behalf of themselves and a putative national class, have sued defendants Lilith Games Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Lilith Network Technology Co., Ltd. (Lilith) for deceptive practices in connection with the mobile video game, Rise of Kingdoms (ROK). In a nutshell, the named plaintiffs say they were duped into spending thousands of dollars on in-game purchases of “gems” to play rigged “loot box” card and wheel games that had unfavorable odds for players. Lilith initially contested personal jurisdiction in this District but voluntarily dropped that objection. Dkt. No. 65. Lilith now asks to dismiss the first amended complaint (FAC) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 12(b)(6) for failure to state a plausible claim, and challenges standing under FRCP 12(b)(1). The parties’…