Arimilli v. Rezendes

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Nirmala Arimilli, No. CV-21-00345-PHX-GMS 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 Keith Rezendes, 13 Defendant. 14 15 16 Pending before the Court is Defendant Keith Rezendes’ (“Defendant”) Motion to 17 Dismiss. (Doc. 5.) For the following reasons, the motion is granted in part and denied in 18 part. 19 BACKGROUND 20 Plaintiff Nirmala Arimilli (“Plaintiff”) formed a relationship with Defendant 21 between 1999 and 2000. (Doc. 1-1 ¶¶ 5, 7.) In 2017, Defendant asked Plaintiff to invest 22 in his company, Avidbrain Inc., and…