Brownlee
Brownlee v. Mohler
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA GAYLE L. BROWNLEE, CASE NO. 4:19-cv-06554-YGR
Plaintiff, ORDER: GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS;
SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT
vs. CONFERENCE
KRISTIANE MOHLER, ET. AL., Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 12,
On February 21, 2020, defendants Kristiane Mohler, Julian San Jose, Rowena Patel, Wilmie Hathaway, Susan Ma Sabai, Anna Calderon, and Laguna Honda Hospital filed a motion to dismiss pro se plaintiff Gayle L. Brownlee’s complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). (Dkt. No. 12.) Specifically, defendants aver that under Ninth Circuit authority, there is no individual liability under Title VII. See Miller v. Maxwell’s Intern. Inc., 991 13 F.2d 583, 587 (9th Cir. 1993). In other words, only an employer – not the employee’s co-workers 14 or supervisors – may be held liable. Grimes v. San Mateo County Transit Dist. 2013 WL 1739470 15 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 22, 2013) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(b)); Scott v. Solano County Health & Soc. 16…