Perez
Perez v. McDonough
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CAROLINA PEREZ, Case No. 23-cv-06713-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
DENIS MCDONOUGH, et al., Re: ECF No. 24 Defendants.
12 Before the Court is a motion to dismiss by Defendants Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dennis McDonough and the Department of Veterans Affairs (“the VA”) (collectively, “Defendants” or “the VA”). ECF No. 24. The Court will grant the motion. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background Plaintiff Carolina Perez, who was born in Nicaragua in 1968, began working at the VA in 2003 as a staff nurse at the Palo Alto Health Care System (“Palo Alto VA”). ECF No. 22 ¶¶ 7, 8. Perez speaks with a “noticeable accent.” Id. ¶ 7. In March 2018, Perez was selected as the Chief Nurse of the Palo Alto VA. Id. ¶ 8. As part of this role, she oversaw three facility locations (Palo Alto, Livermore, and Menlo Park), and oversaw approximately 440 staff members. Id. From 2003 to 2021, Perez…