Ahn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MISOOK AHN, Case No. 23-cv-00114-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 19 CHRISTINE E. WORMUTH, et al., Defendants.

12 Before the Court is defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint. Dkt. No. 19. Plaintiff opposes. Dkt. No. 28. The motion was heard on Friday, July 7, 2023. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. 16 BACKGROUND Plaintiff Misook Ahn has sued the defendant Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, for retaliation. Dkt. No. 1. Because this is a motion to dismiss, the Court discusses the background of this case by taking the plaintiff’s factual allegations as true. Plaintiff has worked for the Department of the Army since 2004. Id. at ¶20. She is currently an Associate Professor for the Army’s Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center (“DLIFLC”). Id. ¶ 21. Plaintiff alleges the Army discriminated and…