Roya
Roya v. Pacific Crane Maintenance Company, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
KEVIN EDWARD ROYA, Case No. 24-cv-06321-VC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
v. DISMISS
PACIFIC CRANE MAINTENANCE Re: Dkt. Nos. 57, 58 COMPANY, LLC, et al., Defendants.
This is the third round of motion-to-dismiss briefing in this case. For the reasons stated below, the motions to dismiss are granted. The plaintiff will have one final chance to amend his complaint. Any amended complaint must be filed within three weeks from the date of this order—that is, May 28, 2025. Deficient or late filings will not be excused. In his first amended complaint, the plaintiff claimed that he had been the victim of age and race discrimination as a Black man over forty years of age. He alleged that he was interviewed by Pacific Crane Maintenance Company (PCMC) for a job but was not hired. He said that PCMC instead hired younger men (“none over age 60”) who were not Black and who were not as skilled as he was, and who, according to PCMC’s contract with the union, were class B workers who should have been hired after him, a class A worker. It could be that these allegations might have…