Legal Opinion
Diamond Ranch Academy, Inc. v. Filer
District Court, D. Utah
Decided June 9, 2015No. Case No. 2:14-CV-751-TCPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM DECISION
TENA CAMPBELL, District Judge...Plaintiff Diamond Ranch Academy, Inc. (DRA), a youth treatment and rehabilitation facility in southern Utah, brings this defamation action against Defendant Chelsea Filer, a California resident who has *1316created a website (and made other statements) highly critical of DRA. Ms. Filer has filed a Special Motion to Strike DRA’s amended complaint under the California anti-SLAPP2 statute.3 In response, DRA filed a Motion to Stay Briefing on the Special Motion to Strike pending discovery.4
During a status conference, threshold issues arose…
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