KJ-Park, LLC v. Match Group, LLC

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 KJ-PARK, LLC, Case No. 23-cv-02346-VKD

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

10 v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF'S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND

11 MATCH GROUP, LLC, et al., COMPLAINT 12 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 56

13 14 I. BACKGROUND 15 This action arises out of a commercial lease agreement for a building located at 2555 Park 16 Boulevard in Palo Alto, California. Plaintiff KJ-Park, LLC (“KJ-Park”) filed its complaint in the 17 Santa Clara County Superior Court against defendants Match Group, LLC and Match Group, Inc. 18 (collectively, “Match Group”), alleging that Match Group breached the lease agreement and a 19 guaranty. KJ-Park claimed that Match Group owed at least $8 million in damages. See Dkt. No. 20 1-2. Match Group removed the action to this Court, asserting federal diversity jurisdiction, 28 21 U.S.C. § 1332. See Dkt. No. 1; see also Dkt. Nos. 22, 22-1. 22 KJ-Park now…