Lundstrom

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN LUNDSTROM, Case No.: 18-cv-2856-GPC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

MOTIONS TO DISMISS;

CARLA YOUNG, an individual;

GRANTING DEFENDANT

LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.;

YOUNG’S MOTION TO SEAL

LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

401(k) PLAN; and DOES 1 through 20, [ECF Nos. 97, 100, 112] Defendants. 18 Before the Court are Defendant Carla Young’s (“Young”) Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), (ECF No. 97), and Defendants Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s (“Ligand”) and Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Plan’s (the “401(k) Plan”) Motion to Dismiss the SAC, (ECF No. 100). Plaintiff Brian Lundstrom’s (“Lundstrom”) Oppositions were filed on July 13, 2022. ECF Nos. 106, 107. Young’s Reply was filed August 5, 2022, (ECF No. 109), and Ligand’s Reply was filed August 8, 2022, (ECF No. 110). 26 27 For the…