Arakji
Arakji v. Microchip Technology, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 MAZEN ARAKJI, Case No. 19-cv-02936-BLF
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
9 v. DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
10 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY, INC., [Re: ECF 9] 11 Defendant.
12 13 Pro se Plaintiff, Mazen Arakji, claims that Microsemi Corporation (“Microsemi”), 14 subsequently acquired by Defendant, Microchip Technology, Inc. (“Microchip”), engaged in 15 unlawful discrimination by declining to hire him and harassed him based on his race, religion, and 16 disability. Before the Court is Microchip’s unopposed motion to dismiss. MTD, ECF 9. For the 17 reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion WITH LEAVE TO AMEND. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 A. Plaintiff’s Allegations 20 Plaintiff is a 38-year-old male, who for “[M]uslim religious purposes,” wears a long beard. 21 Compl. ¶ 1, ECF 1-1. Plaintiff also has a “very obvious musculoskeletal disability which limits 22 [his] ability…