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Candelario v. Rip Curl, Inc.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Mar 29, 2018
No. 16-56382 (9th Cir. Mar. 29, 2018)

Opinion

No. 16-56382

03-29-2018

LUCIA CANDELARIO, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RIP CURL, INC., a California corporation and DOES, 1-10, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 8:16-cv-00963-CJC-AGR MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Submitted February 13, 2018 Pasadena, California Before: McKEOWN and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and QUIST, District Judge.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

The Honorable Gordon J. Quist, United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, sitting by designation. --------

Lucia Candelario appeals the district court's dismissal for lack of Article III standing of her putative class action lawsuit against Rip Curl, Inc. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

In her complaint, Candelario alleges that Rip Curl violated New Jersey's Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act, N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 56:12-14 et seq. ("The Act") because the terms and conditions on Rip Curl's website deprived Candelario of a cause of action for risk created by Rip Curl and absolved Rip Curl of its duty to protect consumers from illegal acts of third parties. Candelario argues that, as a result of Rip Curl's violation of the Act, she suffered "intangible, informational injuries" sufficient to trigger Article III standing.

Candelario's arguments are foreclosed by Bassett v. ABM Parking Services, Inc., No. 16-35933, 2018 WL 987954, at *1 (9th Cir. Feb. 21, 2018). As the district court noted, Candelario failed to identify any concrete informational injury. Candelario's conclusory allegation that she suffered "intangible, informational injuries" based on a violation of the Act alone is too speculative to establish Article III standing. See id.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Candelario v. Rip Curl, Inc.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Mar 29, 2018
No. 16-56382 (9th Cir. Mar. 29, 2018)
Case details for

Candelario v. Rip Curl, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:LUCIA CANDELARIO, individually and on behalf of all others similarly…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Mar 29, 2018

Citations

No. 16-56382 (9th Cir. Mar. 29, 2018)