Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Silicon Valley Growth Syndicate I, L.L.C.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT

AND HOUSING, Case No. 19-cv-04204-RS

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR

v. LEAVE TO INTERVENE AND TO

PROCEED UNDER A PSUEDONYM

SILICON VALLEY GROWTH AND DENYING MOTIONS TO SYNDICATE I, L.L.C., et al., TRANSFER AND TO DISMISS 14 Defendants. 15 This action is brought by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing against several individuals and entities who are alleged to have been responsible for the employment of “Jane Doe,” when she purportedly suffered sexual harassment from her direct supervisor, individual defendant William McNutt. Doe moves for leave to intervene and to proceed anonymously; both those motions will be granted. Defendants’ motion to transfer venue to the Southern District of California will be denied. Defendants’ motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, and to dismiss the second claim for relief as inadequately pleaded, will similarly…