Loza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS LOZA, Plaintiff, No. C 20-06705 WHA

v.

INTEL AMERICAS, INC., ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S

Defendant.

MOTION TO DISMISS

15 INTRODUCTION In this age-discrimination action, defendant employer moves to dismiss. To the extent stated herein, defendant’s motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. STATEMENT The following facts are taken from the complaint (Dkt. No. 1). Plaintiff Thomas Loza began working for defendant Intel Americas, Inc. in 1997 until his termination in 2019. Over the course of his 22 years of employment with Intel, he had multiple positions. Most recently, he held the position of “Technical Sales Manager/Director, Enterprise Sales-Growth” (id. at ¶ 18). At all relevant times to this litigation, plaintiff was over 45, and he worked for Intel remotely while residing in Texas (id. at ¶¶ 6, 8, 15). He “reported to Caitlin…