Jones

This appeal presents the issue of whether defendant and respondent County of Los Angeles (County) was the employer of plaintiff and appellant Alice Jones at the times she complains of workplace mistreatment. Ms. Jones, a secretary for the superior court, appeals from the summary judgment entered in favor of the County; the trial court decided the superior court and not the County was her employer. Agreeing that the County was not plaintiff’s employer during the time period relevant to this lawsuit, we shall affirm the summary judgment.

Procedural History

Federal lawsuit against superior court

Plaintiff filed a complaint in United States District Court in which the superior court as well as the County was apparently named as defendant. 1 *1041 Following the dismissal of her first three complaints, plaintiff filed a third amended complaint in federal court against the Superior Court of Los Angeles. Defendant Los Angeles Superior Court’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s federal complaint was granted with prejudice in July 2001, for plaintiff’s repeated failure to allege well-pled facts.

The original and first amended complaints

In her initial complaint in this action,…