Louie

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGELITA LOUIE, et al., Case No. 22-cv-03868-VC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTTION TO

v. DISMISS

PIER 39 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 14, 18 Defendants.

The plaintiffs bring several related claims based on their allegedly wrongful eviction from their restaurant property on Pier 39. The lawsuit includes one federal claim for discrimination. The complaint is fractured and difficult to understand, so the Court presents its understanding of the plaintiffs’ allegations.1 The complaint appears to allege that the defendants discriminated against Angelita Louie, a Filipino woman, by wrongfully evicting her business and failing to provide her with free rent and COVID relief funds and training. In support of this claim, the complaint alleges that in 2017, San Francisco gave $50,000 to two non-profit organizations and that it then allowed these organizations to operate a restaurant at the Fillmore Heritage Center without paying rent. The plaintiffs allege that it was discriminatory to deny them the same benefits, and this discrimination resulted in the eviction. Even taking…