Laura Williams v. Los Angeles Job Corps

MEMORANDUM

Laura T. Williams appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her employment action alleging violations of federal and state law. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Pareto v. FDIC, 139 F.3d 696, 699 (9th Cir.1998). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Williams’s action alleging breach of contract, harassment, discrimination, defamation, and wrongful termination because Williams alleged so few facts that the court could infer only the possibility of misconduct. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 , 129 S.Ct. 1937 , 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) (to survive a motion to dismiss, a plaintiff must allege facts that “allow[ ] the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged”); Pareto, 139 F.3d at 699 (“[C]on-clusory allegations of law and unwarranted inferences are not sufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss.”).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Williams’s motion for default judgment because defendants promptly re-filed their motion to dismiss without the original clerical error and the delay did not prejudice Williams. See Ei- tel v. McCook…