Raiter
Raiter v. City of Oroville
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT RAITER, No. 2:22-cv-00530-TLN-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER CITY OF OROVILLE, et al. Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court pursuant to Defendant City of Oroville’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 7). Plaintiff Robert Raiter (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition (ECF No. 11), and Defendant replied (ECF No. 14). For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion to dismiss with leave to amend. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff was employed by Defendant as an officer starting in 2015. (ECF No. 1 at ¶¶ 4, 34.) Around June 2020, after Plaintiff reported incidences of sexual harassment and improper conduct involving Lieutenant Gil Zarate, Lt. Zarate began to exhibit disrespectful and retaliatory behavior toward Plaintiff. (Id. at ¶¶ 6, 9.) Plaintiff filed a formal grievance and was subsequently removed from…