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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 I. CAROL WILLIAMS, Case No. 19-cv-00652-JCS

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO

9 v. DISMISS THIRD AMENDED

COMPLAINT

10 CHAD WOLF, Re: Dkt. No. 37 Defendant. 11

12 I. INTRODUCTION 13 Plaintiff I. Carol Williams, who works as a paralegal for the Department of Homeland 14 Security (“DHS”), asserts claims for racial discrimination and retaliation against Defendant Chad 15 Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security (the “Secretary”). The Court previously granted a 16 motion by the Secretary to dismiss Williams’s claims with leave to amend. Williams filed an 17 amended complaint, and the Secretary moves once again to dismiss. The Court held a hearing on 18 March 13, 2020. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED 19 in part. If Williams wishes to file a fourth amended complaint to pursue claims based on a theory 20 of failure to promote, she may do so no later than March 30, 2020.1 21 II. BACKGROUND 22 A. Procedural History…