Thornton

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PATRICK THORNTON, Case No. 21-cv-08807-MMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT GUY STROHMEIER'S AUTO GROUP'S FCA US LLC, et al., MOTION TO DISMISS Defendants.

12 Before the Court is defendant Guy Strohmeier's Auto Group's ("GSAG") Motion, filed July 18, 2022, "to Dismiss First Amended Complaint." Plaintiff Patrick Thornton ("Thornton") has filed opposition, to which GSAG has replied. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion,1 the Court rules as follows.2 In the operative complaint, the First Amended Complaint ("FAC"), Thornton alleges that he purchased from GSAG a "2016 Ram Pickup 1500" (see FAC ¶ 6), that he was given an "express written warranty" for "a period of 3 years or 58,575 miles" (see FAC ¶ 11), that "defects" in the vehicle subsequently "manifested," such as "engine overheating" and the…