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TENTATIVE RULING
The Court intends to DENY Defendant William Gates' request to strike the request for punitive damages in Plaintiffs Tatiana Valentini's and Clayton Pfaendler's Complaint, on the ground that Plaintiffs sufficiently allege that Defendant Gates acted with "malice" within the meaning of C