Ratchford v. Cafe Dupont, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ABIGAIL RATCHFORD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 24-cv-2062 (DLF) CAFE DUPONT, LLC, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Fourteen plaintiffs bring this action against Cafe Dupont, LLC (“Citron”) for misappropriating their images in its advertising and promotional materials. Before the Court is the defendant’s Partial Motion to Dismiss. Mot. to Dismiss, Dkt. 7. For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant it in part and deny it in part. I. BACKGROUND 1 The plaintiffs—Abigail Ratchford, Sandra Valencia, Claudia Sampedro, Paola Cañas, Janet…