Rasha Mohammad v. General Consulate of Kuwait La

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RASHA MOHAMMAD, and All Persons No. 20-56255 Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-02513- v. MWF-MAA

GENERAL CONSULATE OF THE STATE

OF KUWAIT IN LOS ANGELES, AKA OPINION

The General Consulate of the State of Kuwait, AKA The Nation of Kuwait, AKA The Royal Consulate of the State of Kuwait, The State of Kuwait, Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 10, 2022 * Pasadena, California

Filed March 17, 2022

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Frederic Block, ** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Callahan

SUMMARY ***

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s order denying the motion of the State of Kuwait’s Consulate in Los Angeles to dismiss an employment discrimination action based on…