Arnold
Arnold v. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FENELLA ARNOLD, KELLY Case No.: 19-cv-1969-WQH-MDD NAKAI, and MICHELE 12 RUPPERT, individually and on ORDER behalf of all others similarly situated, 14 Plaintiffs, 15 v.
HEARST MAGAZINE MEDIA,
17 INC., a Delaware corporation; CDS GLOBAL, INC., an Iowa corporation; and DOES 1-50, 19 inclusive, 20 Defendants. 21 HAYES, Judge: 22 The matter before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Second Amended 23 Complaint filed by Defendants Hearst Magazine Media, Inc., and CDS Global, Inc. (ECF 24 No. 26).
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
26 On September 10, 2019, Plaintiffs Fenella Arnold and Kelly Nakai filed a Class 27 Action Complaint against Defendants Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. (“Hearst”), CDS 28 Global, Inc. (“CDS”), and Does 1 through 50 in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of San Diego. (ECF No. 1-2). On October 10, 2019, Defendants Hearst and CDS (hereinafter, “Defendants”) removed the action to this Court. (ECF No. 1). On December 9, 2019, Plaintiffs Fenella Arnold,…