Crittendon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 AJEENAH CRITTENDON, et al., Case No. 22-cv-09153-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER DENYING SPECIAL MOTION ANGELICA MULDROW, CODE § 425.16 AND SUA SPONTE DISMISSING COMPLAINT Defendant.

15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Ajeenah Crittendon and EZ E-File Tax Preparers, Inc., have filed suit against Defendant Angelica Muldrow. While the operative Amended Complaint does not separately state its claims for relief, it clearly avers Defendant posted four defamatory comments on Plaintiffs’ Facebook pages. These comments were all allegedly posted on January 30, 2022: (1) “Ajeenah Crittendon the owner of this company used this company to steal my social security number” (2) “I would only recommend if you want to be harassed and want your information stolen and tampered with.” 23 (3) “I have also had to contact the police and file a restraining order …