Seitz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division JAMES E. SEITZ, Case No. 23-cv-01716-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS IN PART

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF Re: ECF No. 17 TEAMSTERS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff James Seitz, who is representing himself, was a technician for United Airlines and a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union. During the COVID-19 pandemic, United implemented a vaccine requirement for its U.S. employees. The plaintiff requested a religious accommodation but did not timely provide supporting evidence and did not get vaccinated. He also filed a grievance asserting that he should be allowed to use his sick leave if removed from service for refusing the vaccine, but the union declined to pursue the grievance. United then terminated the plaintiff for not getting vaccinated. In response, the union exhausted the grievance…