Palacios

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MERCEDES PALACIOS, Case No. 21-cv-05799-TSH

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

INTERSTATE HOTELS & RESORTS INC, Re: Dkt. No. 10 et al., 11 Defendants. 12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Mercedes Palacios brings this discrimination case against her former employer, Defendant Interstate Management Company LLC. Interstate moves to dismiss Palacios’s seventh and eighth causes of action brought under California’s Fair Employment Housing Act, arguing she failed to timely file her claims under the applicable statute of limitations, and they are therefore subject to dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). ECF No. 10. Palacios opposes the motion, arguing the statute of limitations was tolled by Judicial Council of California’s Emergency Rule 9, adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ECF No. 14. The Court finds this matter suitable for disposition without oral argument and VACATES the…