Nwanonyiri

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Case No.: 25cv1081 DMS (DDL)

ADAEZE NWANONYIRI,

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET, INC.,

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND

JOHN DOES 1-10,

GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE Defendants. PUNITIVE DAMAGES

17 This case comes before the Court on Defendant Henry’s Holdings, LLC, dba Sprouts Farmers Market’s (“Defendant” or “Henry’s”) motions to dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) and strike punitive damages. Plaintiff filed an omnibus opposition, and Defendant filed a reply. The matter is fully briefed and submitted. Plaintiff, an African-American woman, brings seven claims against Henry’s for discrimination based on race that occurred during four separate incidents from October 21 to December 4, 2024, while she shopped at a Sprouts Farmers Market in…