Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CRYSTAL RODRIGUEZ, NEGEEN Case No.: 23-cv-00057-DMS-AHG MIRREGHABIE, and CHRISTOPHER 12 JENNEN, on behalf of themselves, all ORDER others similarly situated, and the general (1) GRANTING IN PART AND public, DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S Plaintiffs, REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE; 15 (2) GRANTING IN PART AND v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

MONDELĒZ GLOBAL LLC, MOTION TO DISMISS; AND

17 Defendant. (3) DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS 19 Pending before the Court is Defendant Mondelez Global LLC’s (“MDLZ” or “Defendant”) motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint, or alternatively, to stay proceedings (ECF No. 16); and MDLZ’s request for judicial notice (ECF No. 17). Plaintiffs allege that MDLZ induced Plaintiffs to purchase chocolate bars by fraudulently concealing the fact that they contained high levels of toxic metals. Plaintiffs filed an opposition…