Schmidt
Schmidt v. The Washington Newspaper Publishing Company, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 JOSEPH SCHMIDT, Case No. 20-cv-00830-BAS-NLS 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS v. PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 13 THE WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER [ECF No. 3] PUBLISHING CO., LLC, d/b/a
WASHINGTON EXAMINER,
15 Defendant. 16 Before the Court is Defendant Washington Newspaper Publishing Company’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Dismiss (“Motion”). (Mot., ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff has not timely filed any response to Defendant’s Motion. For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion and DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE Plaintiff’s Complaint. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND Plaintiff Joseph Schmidt commenced this action in San Diego Superior Court on December 16, 2019, seeking damages for alleged defamation. (ECF No. 1-3.) On May 1, 2020, Defendant Washington Newspaper Publishing Company (“Defendant”) removed this action to this Court. (ECF No. 1.) On May 8, 2020, Defendant…