Bowman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEE BOWMAN, No. 2:18-cv-00472-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 ADAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Adams & Associates, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 14.) Plaintiff Lee Bowman (“Plaintiff”) opposed the motion (ECF No. 15), and Defendant replied (ECF No. 16). For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendant’s motion. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1 Plaintiff is an African American woman. (ECF No. 13 at 10.) On February 4, 2002, Defendant’s predecessor hired Plaintiff at the Sacramento Job Corps (“Job Corps”). (Id. at 3.) 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 new managing corporation for Job Corps…