Zhang
Zhang v. Twitter Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TAIMING ZHANG, Case No. 23-cv-00980-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS
v. AMENDED COMPLAINT
TWITTER INC., Re: Dkt. No. 40 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff, Taiming Zhang, who is representing himself, brings claims against Twitter, Inc.1, following the permanent suspension of his Twitter account in 2021. Twitter’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint is pending before the Court. (Dkt. No. 40.2) Having considered the parties’ briefs and the relevant legal authority, the Court concludes oral argument is unnecessary, see Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), VACATES the August 24, 2023 hearing, and GRANTS the motion to dismiss. The Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230 (“CDA”), bars Plaintiff’s claims and, in any event, he fails to state a plausible claim. BACKGROUND A. Amended Complaint Allegations Twitter suspended Plaintiff’s account in November 2021 for “violating twitter…