Saloojas, Inc. v. CIGNA Healthcare of California, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 SALOOJAS, INC., Case No. 22-cv-03270-CRB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v.
DISMISS
CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF
CALIFORNIA, INC.,
12 Defendant. 13 14 Defendant Cigna Healthcare of California, Inc. (“Cigna”) moves to dismiss Plaintiff 15 Saloojas, Inc.’s (“Saloojas”) amended complaint. For the second time, Plaintiff alleges 16 that Cigna violated various federal and state laws by failing to reimburse Saloojas for COVID-19 testing services Saloojas provided to its patients. See, e.g., Am. Compl. (dkt. 19 34) ¶¶ 2–3. In its prior order, the Court dismissed without leave to amend Saloojas’s 20 claims for violation of the CARES Act and injunctive relief, and dismissed with leave to 21 amend Saloojas’s claims for violations of ERISA, RICO, promissory estoppel, and California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”). See Saloojas, Inc. v. Cigna Healthcare of 24 Cal., Inc., No. 22-CV-03270-CRB, 2022 WL 5265141, at *9 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 6, 2022) 25 [hereinafter Cigna I]. Plaintiff renews most…