Jaiyeola

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 GANIYU AYINLA JAIYEOLA, Case No. 22-cv-03982-BLF

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S v. MOTION TO DISMISS

RIVIAN, [Re: ECF No. 4] Defendant.

12 In this employment discrimination case, Plaintiff Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola alleges that Defendant Rivian Automotive, LLC1 (Rivian) did not hire him because of his race and national origin. Jaiyeola asserts claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Michigan’s Elliot-Larsen Act (“ELCRA”). Before the Court is Rivian’s Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, Transfer Venue to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Mot., ECF No. 4; see also Reply, ECF No. 15. Rivian moves to dismiss Jaiyeola’s Title VII claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(3) for improper venue, and both his Title VII and ELCRA claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure…