Chang

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STACY CHANG, Case No. 22-cv-02010-AMO

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE PARTIAL MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

CARLOS CASHMAN, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 114 Defendants.

Before the Court is Defendants’ partial motion to dismiss all claims against newly-added Defendant Perseverus LLC. ECF 114. Defendants seek dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) for lack of personal jurisdiction. Id. at 2, 5-8. Chang opposes the motion, arguing that personal jurisdiction exists because Perseverus is a successor-in-interest to another named defendant, Arrowside Ventures, LLC, and that Perseverus’s contacts with this forum establish specific jurisdiction. ECF 118 at 5-6, 11-15. The Court first takes up the issue of whether successor liability provides a basis for personal jurisdiction. “Successor liability is a well settled concept in the area of personal jurisdiction determinations.” CenterPoint Energy, Inc. v. Superior Ct., 157 Cal. App.…