Case docket
Tran v. Beyond Meat, Inc. — U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal.
Tran v. Beyond Meat, Inc. — U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal. — 4 documents in the archive, dated January 30, 2020 to October 27, 2020.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2 filings); U.S. District Court, Central District of California (1 filing) |
|---|---|
| Docket number | No. 2:20-cv-00963 — main docket · CourtListener docket 771552 |
| Filings | 4 public filings |
| Filed | 2020-01-30 – 2020-10-27 |
| Document types | complaints (2), order (1) |
| Original PDFs | 4 of 4 |
Case summary
Larry Tran v. Beyond Meat, Inc., No. 2:20-cv-00963-MWF-AFM in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, is a federal securities class action filed January 30, 2020 against Beyond Meat, Inc. and its officers Ethan Brown and Mark J. Nelson. The complaint is brought on behalf of purchasers of Beyond Meat securities between May 2, 2019 and January 27, 2020 and pleads violations of sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5. An amended class action complaint was filed July 1, 2020 with a named plaintiff certification by Jie Ling Guo. On October 27, 2020, on the parties' stipulation, the court dismissed the action with prejudice, dismissing the absent putative class members' class allegations without prejudice.
Case at a glance
| Parties | Plaintiff Larry Tran, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; defendants Beyond Meat, Inc., Ethan Brown and Mark J. Nelson |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, No. 2:20-cv-00963-MWF-AFM, before Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald |
| Program | Not named in the filings on this page |
| Claims | Violations of sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, for materially false and misleading statements during the class period |
| Disposition or status | Dismissed with prejudice on the parties' stipulation, October 27, 2020, except the class allegations of absent putative class members, dismissed without prejudice; each party to bear its own costs and attorneys' fees |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
What does the complaint allege?
That during the class period the defendants failed to disclose that Beyond Meat's termination of its supply agreement with Don Lee Farms was a breach of that agreement, and that Beyond Meat and certain employees had doctored and omitted material information from a food safety consultant's report the company represented to Don Lee as accurate. These are the complaint's allegations.
What did the court decide?
Nothing on the merits. The order of October 27, 2020 recites that the court considered the parties' stipulation and dismisses the action with prejudice, with the absent putative class members' class allegations dismissed without prejudice.
What else is on the page?
Four filings dated January 30 to October 27, 2020: the original class action complaint, the 53-page amended class action complaint of July 1, 2020, the certification of named plaintiff Jie Ling Guo filed as Exhibit A to it, and the order of dismissal.
Docket
4 documents in docket-entry order; attachments follow their entry. Gaps name the entries we do not have.
No. 2:20-cv-00963
- Class action complaint — Tran v. Beyond Meat, Inc. (C.D. Cal.)Entry 1
- —Entries 2–53 are not in the archive
- Amended class action complaint — Tran v. Beyond Meat, Inc.Entry 54
- Pslra Named Plaintiff Certification (Jie Ling Guo) — Tran v. Beyond Meat (C.D. Cal.)Entry 54, attachment 1
- —Entries 55–72 are not in the archive
- Order of dismissal with prejudice — Tran v. Beyond Meat, Inc. (C.D. Cal.)Entry 73
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.