Background

Plaintiff Walter Lancaster sues defendants Beats Electronics, LLC, Andre Young, Jimmy Iovene, Sean Bouldin, and Apple Corporation, Inc. for damages.

On December 22, 2017, plaintiff filed a complaint and on February 5, 2018, the operative first amended complaint for:

civil conspiracy,

intentional misrepresentation,

misappropriation of trade secret,

fraud deceit (against Andre Young),

fraud deceit (against Jimmy Iovene),

fraud deceit (against Sean Bouldin),

fraudulent concealment,

conversion,

unjust enrichment,

quantum meruit,

negligent misrepresentations, and

declaratory relief.

On April 25, 2018, the Court granted an anti-SLAPP motion brought by Beats and Apple (collectively, Beats) as to the second and seventh causes of action.

On July 5, 2018, Beats filed this opposed motion for judgment on the pleadings. The Court considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers and rules as follows.

Plaintiff is self-represented. Self-represented litigants are held to