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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 I. CAROL WILLIAMS, Case No. 19-cv-00652-JCS g Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS FIFTH AMENDED

COMPLAINT

CHAD WOLF, Re: Dkt. No. 48 Defendant.

RIL INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff 1. Carol Williams, who works as a paralegal for the Department of Homeland || Security (“DHS”), asserts claims for racial discrimination and retaliation against Defendant Chad || Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security (the “Secretary”). The Court previously granted in || whole or in part two motions by the Secretary to dismiss Williams’s claims with leave to amend. || Williams amended her claim twice more since the Court’s most recent order, and the Secretary || moves once again to dismiss Williams’s claims to the extent they are based on the Secretary’s 19 || failure to promote her. The Court finds the matter suitable for resolution without oral argument || and VACATES the hearing previously set for May 29, 2020 at 9:30…