Shkipin
Homelight, Inc. v. Shkipin
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 HOMELIGHT, INC., Case No. 22-cv-03119-PCP
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
9 v. DISMISS
10 DMITRY SHKIPIN, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 138 Defendants. 11
12 13 After this Court dismissed his initial countercomplaint with leave to amend, Dkt. No. 123, 14 2023 WL 6284738, defendant/counter-plaintiff Dmitry Shkipin filed an amended 15 countercomplaint, which plaintiff/counter-defendant HomeLight, Inc. subsequently moved to 16 dismiss. Even after amendment, Mr. Shkipin’s countercomplaint fails to establish that he has 17 standing to bring his Sherman Act, Lanham Act, or California Unfair Competition Law 18 counterclaims. HomeLight’s motion to dismiss is therefore granted. 19 The Court assumes familiarity with its prior order and applies the same legal standard in 20 considering HomeLight’s motion to dismiss the amended countercomplaint under Rule 12(b)(6). 21 Sherman Act Claims. The first three claims in the amended countercomplaint (ACC) are 22 for…