Chattopadyay

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division

AMITABHO CHATTOPADHYAY, Case No. 3:22-cv-06103-LB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS

v. Re: ECF No. 15 EVOLVE VACATION RENTAL NETWORK, INC., and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, Defendants. 17 INTRODUCTION In this putative class action, the plaintiff — who lives in the United States but isn’t a U.S. citizen — tried to list her California property on defendant Evolve’s online vacation-rental platform. Evolve denied her online application because its underwriting system “is capable of supporting [only] U.S. and Canadian citizens.” The plaintiff claims that this is discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (based on alienage) and Cal. Civ. Code §§ 51 and 51.5 (based on citizenship and immigration status). Evolve, a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in Colorado, moved to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) for lack of personal…