IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION RACHEL RAMSBOTTOM et al., Plaintiffs, v. LORIN ASHTON et al., Defendants.
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Case No. 3:21-cv-00272 Judge Aleta A. Trauger
MEMORANDUM Before the court are five separate Motions to Dismiss filed by the six defendants in this case who have been properly identified and served 1: Lorin Ashton (also known by the stage name “Bassnectar”), 2 Amorphous Music, Inc. (“Amorphous”), Bassnectar Touring, Inc. (“BTI”), Red Light Management, Inc. (“Red Light”), 3 C3 Presents, L.L.C. (“C3”), and Carlos Donohue. Four of the motions seek the dismissal of all of the claims asserted against the moving defendant(s) (Doc. Nos. 50, 63, 70, and 103) in the Amended Complaint (Doc. No. 23); the motion filed by Ashton (Doc. No. 67) seeks dismissal of only one of the causes of action asserted against Ashton in the Amended Complaint. For the reasons set forth herein, the court will grant all of the motions except for Ashton’s
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The Amended Complaint also purports to state claims against “ABC Corporations One Through Ten (said names being fictitious), and John Does One Through Ten (said names being fictitious).” (Doc. No. 23, at 1.) 2
Ashton is referred to herein as “Ashton,” except in direct quotations (where the plaintiffs refer to him exclusively as “Bassnectar”) or when the context makes it clear that the reference is to his stage persona. 3
This defendant is identified as “Redlight Management, Inc.” in the case caption but as “Red Light Management, Inc.” in the body of the pleading and in the defendants’ filings.
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