Drevaleva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TATYANA EVGENIEVNA Case No. 22-cv-00887-HSG

DREVALEVA,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ Plaintiff, MOTION TO DISMISS 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 40 10 DENIS RICHARD MCDONOUGH, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 40. The Court finds the matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS the motion. I. BACKGROUND A. Allegations Plaintiff began working as an EKG technician at the Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center in New Mexico (“VA New Mexico Healthcare System”) on April 3, 2017. Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 7 (“Compl.”). On April 18, 2017, she notified her manager, Carla Dunkelberger, that she planned to request time off to pursue fertility treatment in Russia. Id. ¶ 9. Ms. Dunkelberger advised Plaintiff that she was not eligible for leave under the Family…