VILLAGOMEZ

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division CANDIDA VILLAGOMEZ, Case No. 22-cv-00292-LB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS

v. Re: ECF No. 26 LINCOLN LIFE ASSURANCE

COMPANY OF BOSTON,

15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff’s former employer, Document Technologies, allegedly fired her (after sixteen years of employment) when she injured her hip, had surgery, and became temporarily disabled. She alleged that the termination was wrongful because Document Technologies did not accommodate her disability or engage in the interactive process. As her employment contract required, she is arbitrating her claims against Document Technologies. In this lawsuit, she sued Lincoln Life, a company that contracted with Document Technologies to handle employee leave and placed the plaintiff on long-term disability for two years when in fact, she allegedly needed only several months to recover. This, she alleges,…