Vashisht-Rota

I. BACKGROUND

27 Plaintiff and HMS Defendants have been engaged in extensive litigation in this 28 District and Utah state court concerning the parties’ conduct and obligations relating to their business/contractual relationship where Plaintiff agreed to refer foreign and domestic students to HMS and to have those students enrolled at universities associated with HMS. See Vashist-Rota v. Howell Mgmt. Servs., Case No. 20-cv-321-RBM-KSC, Doc. 234 at 3- 7 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2022) (recounting procedural background, Utah litigation, pending cases within this District, and previously dismissed cases within this District). The FAC also names several other Defendants: Bluechip Services (International), an India Private Limited Company, Bluechip Services International Chennai, an India Private Limited Company, Mohammed Hariss, Mubeen Taj, and Does 1- (collectively “Bluechip Defendants”). (See generally FAC.) As of January 26, 2023, service of the Bluechip Defendants is in process. (Doc. 19.) The factual allegations in the FAC are separated between allegations against Bluechip Defendants and HMS Defendants. As to…