Hylete, Inc. v. Hybrid Athletics, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HYLETE, INC., a Delaware Case No.: 3:19-cv-02494-WQH-AGS corporation, ORDER Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 HYBRID ATHLETICS, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company; and ROBERT 16 ORLANDO, an individual, 17 Defendants. 18 HAYES, Judge: 19 The matters pending before the Court are the Motion to File Documents Under Seal 20 filed by Defendants Hybrid Athletics, LLC and Robert Orlando (ECF No. 15); the Motion 21 to Dismiss and the Motion to Strike filed by Defendants Hybrid Athletics, LLC and Robert 22 Orlando (ECF No. 17); and the Motion to File Documents Under Seal filed by Plaintiff 23 Hylete, Inc. (ECF No. 19).

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

25 On December 30, 2019, Plaintiff Hylete, Inc. commenced this action by filing a 26 Complaint against Defendants Hybrid Athletics, LLC (“HA”) and Robert Orlando. (ECF 27 No. 1). Plaintiff alleges that Defendants “embarked on a plan to destroy and/or disrupt 28 [Plaintiff]’s business and maliciously disparage [Plaintiff] to drive it from the 2 …