Geary

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 WILLIAM JOHN GEARY, Case No. 5:19-cv-07322-EJD

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISMISS

v.

PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL Re: ECF No. 160

CORPORATION,

12 Defendant.

13 Pending before this Court is Defendant Parexel International Corp.’s (“Parexel”) motion to 14 dismiss pro se Plaintiff Geary’s sole remaining claim for retaliation under 15 U.S.C. § 78U-6 (“Dodd-Frank”). ECF No. 160 (“Mot.”). The Court previously dismissed Geary’s Dodd-Frank 16 claim because Geary failed to allege which of the prescribed methods under Rule 21-9F that Geary 17 used to report the suspected violations to the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”). ECF No. 18 143. The Court granted leave to amend to cure this deficiency. Geary filed the Third Amended Complaint on April 24, 2023. ECF No. 159 (“TAC”).2 20 Parexel moves to dismiss Geary’s Dodd-Frank claim on three grounds: (1) Geary’s 21 allegation with respect to which method he used to report to the SEC…