Whitesides v. ETrade Securities, LLC

1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 BENJAMIN WHITESIDES, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05803-JSC 9 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS 10 v. AND TO STRIKE 11 E*TRADE SECURITIES, LLC, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Three users of E*TRADE’s electronic trading service bring suit alleging that E*TRADE 14 failed to process their orders as the crude oil futures market collapsed on April 20, 2020. 15 E*TRADE’s motion to dismiss and to strike is now pending before the Court.1 (Dkt. No. 17.) 16 Having carefully considered the parties’ briefs and having…