Thakar

BACKGROUND

Thakar filed an unverified complaint in this action on May 6, 2011. Therein, he alleged that in 1998 defendants Martin Gizzi and Subramanian Hariharan wrongfully terminated him from a hospital residency program at defendant JFK Medical Center in New Jersey (these defendants are collectively referred to as the New Jersey defendants)1 and falsified the results of his medical licensing examination to make it appear he had failed. The New Jersey defendants purportedly conducted surveillance of him and interfered with his attempts to obtain a medical license and employment. Thakar tried to engage attorneys in order to sue the New Jersey defendants, but he alleged he was thwarted by their interference with his efforts to do so. At some point, Thakar moved to California, and in 2006, he began working as Resident Manager for defendant Smitray, Inc., dba Days Inn Airport Center (the hotel). The hotel was managed by defendants Nick Dahya and S.D.P. Investments, Inc.; defendant Dinu Dahyabhai Patel was alleged to be the dominant owner of Smitray, Inc. and S.D.P. Investments, Inc. (Thakar refers to Smitray, Inc., S.D.P. Investments, Inc., Dahya, and Patel collectively as the…