Jackson v. LinkedIn Corporation

Filing 75

ORDER DISMISSING REMAINING STATE LAW CLAIM FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION. Signed by Judge P. Casey Pitts on 1/17/2025. (nmc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/17/2025)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JACQUELINE JACKSON,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 5:24-cv-00812-PCP

v.
LINKEDIN CORPORATION,

ORDER DISMISSING REMAINING
STATE LAW CLAIM FOR LACK OF
JURISDICTION

Defendant.

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Plaintiff Jacqueline Jackson brought this action against defendant LinkedIn Corporation

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alleging violations of the federal Drivers’ Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) and the California

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Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). This Court initially had federal question jurisdiction over this

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lawsuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 because Jackson was pursuing a claim under a federal

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statute. The Court has now dismissed Jackson’s DPPA claim with prejudice, leaving only her state

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law CIPA claim. The Court ordered supplemental briefing regarding whether it has jurisdiction

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over that claim under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) notwithstanding CAFA’s “home

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state” exception, which requires the Court to “decline to exercise jurisdiction … over a class

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action in which … greater than two thirds of the members of all proposed plaintiff classes in the

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aggregate are citizens of the State in which the action was originally filed.” 28 U.S.C. §

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1332(d)(4). In response to the Court’s supplemental briefing order, Jackson states that she lacks

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evidence sufficient to show that the class does not fall within the “home state” exception, and

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agrees that the Court should therefore decline to exercise CAFA jurisdiction over her CIPA claim.

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Accordingly, the Court will dismiss Jackson’s CIPA claim without prejudice for lack of

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jurisdiction. The clerk shall close the case.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 17, 2025

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P. Casey Pitts
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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