Bridges
Bridges v. Kohl's Stores, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAULINE BRIDGES, et al., No. 2:23-cv-00685-DAD-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S
MOTION TO DISMISS
KOHL’S STORES, INC., (Doc. No. 10) Defendant.
16 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss filed by defendant Kohl’s Stores, Inc. on May 19, 2023. (Doc. No. 10.) On June 30, 2023, defendant’s motion was taken under submission on the papers pursuant to Local Rule 230(g). (Doc. No. 17.) For the reasons explained below, the court will grant defendant’s motion to dismiss. BACKGROUND On April 12, 2023, plaintiffs Pauline Bridges and Thomas Neal filed the complaint initiating this lawsuit against defendant Kohl’s Stores, Inc. and unnamed Doe defendants 1–10, alleging discrimination. (Doc. No. 1 at 1, 5–9.) Rather than serve the original complaint on defendant, plaintiffs instead filed the operative first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 18, 2023. (Doc. No. 6.) In…