Potts-Lindroos
Potts-Lindroos v. United States Department of Interior
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TINA POTTS LINDROOS, Case No. 20-cv-06897-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO DISMISS
DAVID BERNHARDT, et al., Docket No. 25 Defendants.
12 13 Plaintiff Tina Potts Lindroos has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Interior (“DOI”) and Deb Haaland, the Secretary of the DOI, asserting claims for employment discrimination. Currently pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Defendants do not, at this time, challenge Ms. Potts Lindroos’s sexual harassment/hostile work environment claim but do contest her claims for disparate treatment and retaliation. Having considered the parties’ briefs as well as the oral argument of counsel, the Court hereby GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss. I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Ms. Potts Lindroos was an employee of the National Park Service. See FAC ¶ 2. From May…