Bowman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEE BOWMAN, No. 2:18-cv-00472-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Adams & Associate, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. (ECF No. 8.) Plaintiff Lee Bowman (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 9.) Defendant filed a reply. (ECF No. 10.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion with leave to amend. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff is an African American woman. (ECF No. 1-1 at 12.) On February 4, 2002, Defendant’s predecessor hired Plaintiff at the Sacramento Job Corps (“Job Corps”). (Id. at 8.) Job Corps is a federally sponsored training program, which provides economically disadvantaged young people with technical and academic training at no cost. (Id.) In March 2014, Defendant became the…