Stacey Wade-James v. Genzyme Corporation
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 STACEY WADE-JAMES, Case № 2:24-cv-01364-ODW (SSCx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. 14 G ENZYME CORPORATION, d/b/a DISMISS [25] SANOFI et al.,
Defendants.
17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Stacey Wade-James claims that her former employer, Defendant 20 Genzyme Corporation d/b/a Sanofi (“Sanofi”), unlawfully discriminated against her 21 based on her Christian faith when it failed to accommodate her request for exemption 22 from Sanofi’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and terminated her employment. (First Am. 23 Compl. (“FAC”) ¶¶ 66–108, ECF No. 23.) Sanofi moves to dismiss three of 24 Wade-James’s causes of action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25 (“Rule”) 12(b)(6). (Mot. Dismiss (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 25.) For the reasons 26 below, the Court GRANTS Sanofi’s Motion.1
28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral…