Quigley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL QUIGLEY, Case No. 3:21-cv-00538-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 10 UNITED AIRLINES, INC., et al., Defendants.

12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Michael Quigley worked as a flight attendant for defendant United Airlines, Inc. (“United”), for decades before being terminated in November 2019. He filed this complaint in state court alleging discrimination, harassment, retaliation, negligent supervision, intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract, and related causes of action for the termination and United’s allegedly improper actions leading up to it. He also sued Elizabeth Jacobsen, the manager who terminated him. United and Jacobsen removed the case to this court and move to dismiss most claims as preempted by the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”) and under Rule 12(b)(6). The motion is granted. Jacobsen has been fraudulently joined and she is dismissed from the suit. The breach of contract…