Reis
Reis v. McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 L. REIS, Case No. 25-cv-00393-LB
12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART
MOTION TO DISMISS
13 v. Re: ECF No. 24 14 MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC.,
UNITED STATES,
15 Defendant. 16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 The plaintiff sued her former employer, McKinsey & Company, alleging that it fired her for her 19 protected activity of taking pregnancy and family medical leave, in violation of California law 20 prohibiting sex discrimination and retaliation for engaging in protected activity. McKinsey moved 21 to dismiss on the grounds that the plaintiff impermissibly filed the lawsuit under her first initial and 22 last name, in violation of Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a), and otherwise failed to plead facts that plausibly 23 support cognizable claims for relief. The plaintiff must proceed under her full name. The court 24 dismisses claims three (whistleblower retaliation), four (retaliation for requesting sick leave), and 25 five…