Alderman

ORDER

Plaintiff moves to remand to state court. Doc # 7. Defendant Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS) moves to dismiss plaintiffs first two causes of action and to strike Doe defendants. Doc #5.

Plaintiff filed suit in San Francisco superior court on July 25, 2001, alleging that she was unlawfully subjected to sexual harassment and discrimination during her employment at PBMS. See Compl (Doc # 1, Exh B). Plaintiff was hired by PBMS as a customer service associate in November 1992. See id at ¶ 20. In May 1998, plaintiff was assigned to the PBMS account at the Howard Rice law firm in San Francisco. See id at ¶ 21. According to plaintiffs complaint, approximately one to two months after this assignment, plaintiff began to be sexually harassed by her manager, defendant Phil Olt. See id at ¶22. This harassment allegedly involved repeated and uninvited direct physical contact. Id. Beginning in December 1998, plaintiff alleges that a co-worker, defendant David Webster, also began sexually to harass plaintiff. See id at ¶ 23. This alleged harassment also involved repeated and uninvited direct physical contact. Plaintiff asserts that she complained of this harassment and that this…