Gukasyan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELEVATION POINT 2 INC. dba Case No.: 21-cv-00281-WQH-AHG ELEVATION HEALTH PARTNERS, a 12 California corporation, ORDER 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. 15 STELLA GUKASYAN, an individual; MARC NELLES, an individual, Defendants. 18 HAYES, Judge: 19 The matter before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint 20 (ECF No. 20) filed by Defendants Stella Gukasyan and Marc Nelles.

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

22 On February 16, 2021, Plaintiff Elevation Point 2 Inc. dba Elevation Health Partners 23 (“EHP”) filed a Complaint against Defendants Stella Gukasyan and Marc Nelles. (ECF 24 No. 1). The Complaint alleged that Defendants conspired to delete data and programs 25 owned by EHP and contained on a computer issued to Gukasyan after EHP notified 26 Gukasyan that her employment would be terminated. The Complaint brought a single 27 28 federal claim—violation of the Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (“CFAA”), 18 U.S.C. § 1030—as well as several claims under California state law. On…