Spatz
Spatz v. Regents of the University of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division DR. JORDAN SPATZ, M.D., PH.D., Case No. 21-cv-09605-LB
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS
v. Re: ECF No. 33 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA,
15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, Jordan Spatz, is a 2021 medical-school graduate who applied to residency programs in 2019 and 2020 but did not obtain a residency placement.1 The defendant, the Regents of the University of California, operated the medical school.2 The plaintiff has asserted seven claims for violations of federal and state laws.3 The defendant moved to dismiss the plaintiff’s claims for age discrimination under the federal Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (the Act) on the ground that the plaintiff failed to properly exhaust 24 25 1 First Am. Compl. – ECF No. 31 at 5, 8, 11–13 (¶¶ 20, 34, 49, 55–56). Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (ECF); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated…