Van Hook v. West Contra Costa County Unified School District

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENISE VAN HOOK,

Case No. 21-cv-02945-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

WEST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DISMISS

UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 31 Defendants.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Denise Van Hook, an African-American woman who is employed by Defendant West Contra Costa Unified School District (“District”), brings claims of racial discrimination and retaliation against the District, its superintendent, Matthew Duffy, and various other individuals employed as administrators by the District. Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (“Motion”). The Court finds that the Motion is suitable for determination without oral argument and therefore vacates the motion hearing scheduled for April 15, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). The Initial Case Management…