Wright

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division DONALD LEON WRIGHT, Case No. 3:22-cv-03594-LB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. Re: ECF No. 171 EQUILON ENTERPRISES LLC DBA

SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US,

15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT The plaintiff, who represents himself and is proceeding in forma pauperis, was shot fifteen times at a Shell gas station in San Leandro by Sergio Williams, who allegedly was an employee there. The plaintiff sued Equilon Enterprises LLC (doing business as Shell Oil Products US) for “negligent hiring or retention and respondeat superior.”1 In its answer to the complaint, the defendant alleged that it leases the gas station to Anabi Oil Corporation (and thus did not hire Mr. Williams) and that pursuant to a Wholesale Marketer Agreement, Anabi had agreed to indemnify and defend the defendant in the event of a lawsuit like this one.2 Later, counsel for Anabi 25 26 27 1 Am.…