UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
NICHOLAS A. VENTURA,
Case No. 25-cv-09163-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS IQVIA INC., et al., 13 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Defendants, Eversana Life Science Services (“Eversana”), IQVIA, Inc. (“IQVIA”), ZS Associates, Inc. (“ZS Associates”) and Arthur D. Little, LLC (“ADL”), all companies who have declined to hire Plaintiff over the last several years, move to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims for harassment, discrimination, and fraudulent business practices. As set forth below, Plaintiff fails to plead these claims sufficiently. Accordingly, the motions are granted.1 II. BACKGROUND2 In March 2019, pro se Plaintiff Nicholas A. Ventura was contacted by an IQVIA recruiter and applied and interviewed for an IQVIA position, for which he was not hired. In April 2022, he was contacted by an IQVIA recruiter again, but he did not…