Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald v. GEM Funding, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 MICHAEL SCOTT FITZGERALD, et al., Case No. 5:21-cv-08641-EJD
Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' v. MOTION TO DISMISS
GEM FUNDING, LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 95, 98, 99, 102, 110, 126, 136 Defendants.
13 Defendants separately bring seven motions to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). See Dkt. Nos. 95, 98, 99, 102, 110, 126, 136. The Court finds the motions appropriate for decision without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ motions to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Michael Fitzgerald resides in Santa Clara County and operates his scuba diving business, California Scuba Center, LLC (“California Scuba”), which is headquartered in Fresno, California. FAC, Dkt. No. 88 ¶¶ 5-6. This suit arises from thirteen separate “Merchant Cash …