Nghiem
Nghiem v. Santa Clara University
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 PETER P NGHIEM, Case No. 21-cv-06872-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A
MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, et al., OR AN INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL Defendants. [Re: ECF No. 33]
12 Before the Court is Plaintiff Peter P. Nghiem’s Motion for Leave to File a Motion for Reconsideration or an Interlocutory Appeal. See Motion, ECF No. 33. I. BACKGROUND This is an action brought by Plaintiff Peter P. Nghiem, a Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer (“QAL”) at Santa Clara University (“SCU”), against Defendants SCU, Nam Ling, Grace Ling, and Jeremy Kemp. Mr. Nghiem alleges that Defendants engaged in a campaign of harassment and defamation as a pretext to discriminate against Mr. Nghiem due to his age and race between 2019 and 2020, leading to Mr. Nghiem’s failure to be promoted and the cancellation of the courses he taught,…