Winns

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 HARRIS L. WINNS, Case No. 21-cv-04264-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING PART DEFENDANT'S

MOTION TO DISMISS AND DENYING

LOUIS DEJOY, Postmaster General, United PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO AMEND States Postal Service, COMPLAINT 12 Defendant. Re: Dkt. Nos. 17, 21 13 Plaintiff Harris Winns, proceeding pro se, filed this action arising out of his claims of employment discrimination by the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”). In prior administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Office of Federal Operations (“EEOC”), Mr. Winns successfully challenged two notices of removal on the ground that USPS failed to accommodate his religious practice of not working on Sundays. However, in a subsequent decision, the EEOC limited the relief prescribed in its earlier decision. Mr. Winns initiated the present lawsuit by filing what the Court…