Hardy

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

Plaintiffs in this class action are Veragene Hardy, a woman who was denied employment with the Oakland Police Department (hereinafter “OPD”), and the National Organization of Women (hereinafter “NOW”), a national non-profit organization which seeks enforcement of laws relating to equal employment opportunity for women. These plaintiffs seek to represent all applicants for employment with the OPD who might be, or might have been, denied equal access to employment. Defendants are various administrators of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (hereinafter “LEAA”) and other persons whose duty is to ensure compliance with equal employment opportunity requirements on the part of entities receiving financial support from LEAA. Plaintiffs ask the Court to order defendants to determine promptly whether the OPD is complying with federal equal opportunity requirements and, further, to order defendants to suspend LEAA’s financial support of OPD if OPD is not so complying. This motion to dismiss is based on five separate grounds:

Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief May Be Granted and Standing

Plaintiffs want LEAA to fulfill its…