Alhayoti

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ASAM ALHAYOTI, Case No. 21-cv-07713-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

ANTONY BLINKEN, et al., Re: ECF No. 32 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff worked for the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen, and the U.S. Department of State paid him the local prevailing wage under its internal policies.1 After the Embassy closed following the outbreak of war in Yemen, the plaintiff, who holds citizenship in the United States and Yemen, returned to the U.S., but continued to receive a salary based on the prevailing wage in Yemen.2 The plaintiff claims that the defendant (Antony Blinken, in his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of State) discriminated against him and thereby violated (1) the 24

26 1 First Am. Compl. (FAC) – ECF No. 25 at 4, 16, 28–29 (¶¶ 6, 14). Citations refer to material in the Electronic…