Walters

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WALTER L. WALTERS, Case No. 19-cv-00702-DMR

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

v. SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 33 Defendants.

Defendants Contra Costa County (“the County”), Brian Cain, Felicia I. Tornabene, and Angela Prasad move pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) to dismiss Plaintiff Walter L. Walters’s second amended complaint (“SAC”). [Docket No. 33.] The court held a hearing on September 26, 2019. For the following reasons, the motion is granted in part and denied in part. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff makes the following allegations in the SAC, all of which are taken as true for purposes of this motion. Plaintiff, who is African American, is a licensed physician practicing in the field of anesthesiology. [Docket No. 28 (SAC) ¶¶ 1, 11.] In 2017, he contracted with a temporary staffing agency for placement at health care facilities needing…