Jordan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASSMERE JORDAN, Case No. 24-cv-07232-VC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

KIMPTON HOTEL & RESTAURANT Re: Dkt. No.

GROUP, LLC,

Defendant.

Jassmere Jordan brings this lawsuit against Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, her former employer. She asserts twelve causes of action related to her employment under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Pregnancy Disability Leave Law, and various provisions of California law. But Jordan’s complaint does not give fair notice of the grounds underlying her claims and she has not pled “sufficient ‘factual content that [would] allow[] the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.’” Liu v. Uber Technologies, Inc., No. 22-16507, 2024 WL 3102801, at *1 (9th Cir. June 24, 2024) (quoting Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009)); see Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007). Instead, the complaint is largely a “formulaic recitation” of the elements of the causes of actions she seeks to litigate. Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555. While Jordan is…