Vashisht-Rota
Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 APARNA VASHISHT-ROTA, an Case No.: 19-cv-0512-L-MDD individual,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
Plaintiff, DISMISS [ECF No. 6] v.
HOWELL MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
14 LLC, a Utah limited liability company; CHRIS HOWELL, an individual; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, 16 Defendants.
18 Pending before the Court is Defendants Howell Management Services’ (“HMS”), Chris Howell’s, and Justin Spencer’s (collectively “Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 6]. The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See Civ. L. R. 7.1(d)(1). For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion. I. BACKGROUND From October 2015 to March 2017, Plaintiff Aparna Vashisht-Rota (“Plaintiff”) worked under contract for Defendants by referring foreign and domestic students to HMS and having those students enrolled at universities associated with HMS. During the contractual relationship, Plaintiff and Defendants entered four …