Dangaard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

4 DAWN DANGAARD, KELLY GILBERT, JENNIFER ALBAUGH, and all other similarly situated, No. 22-cv-01101-WHA Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK

v. OF SUBJECT MATTER

JURISDICTION

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OPERATIONS, LLC, META

|| PLATFORMS, INC., and JOHN DOES 1- 10, 11 Defendants. qg 12 plo) = Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is hereby DENIED. 14 This order finds no reason to apply a different rule for cases originally filed in federal court 15 and depart from our court of appeal’s holding in United Steel v. Shell Oil, 602 F.3d 1087, 1091 16 = (9th Cir. 2010). The risk of forum-shopping and manipulation is just as great. 17 = This order need not reach the issue of whether or not the district judge has discretion to

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dismiss this case or continue with the case, 1.e., treating the matter as under the rubric of 19…