Chung

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ELIZABETH Y. CHUNG, Case No. 22-cv-01983-PCP

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

9 v. MOTIONS TO DISMISS FOR LACK

OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND

10 CHUNG PENG CHIH-MEI, et al., DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS

TO SEAL IN PART

Defendants. 11 Re: Dkt. Nos. 74, 76, 84, 88

12 13 Defendants Chung Peng Chih-Mei and Intertrust (Bahamas) Limited move to dismiss 14 plaintiff Elizabeth Chung’s amended complaint. Because the Court lacks personal jurisdiction 15 over either defendant, the Court grants their Rule 12(b)(2) motions. 16 BACKGROUND 17 Chung, a California citizen, filed this lawsuit against her mother-in-law Chih-Mei and 18 Intertrust in March 2022, alleging that Chih-Mei has implemented what she calls a “mother’s trust 19 gambit” with Chung’s estranged husband David Chung. Dkt. No. 66, at 2. Specifically, Chung 20 alleges that in 2004 David Chung sought to avoid U.S. taxes by transferring approximately $5 21 million in marital assets to a…