Dickens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTOINETTE DICKENS, Case No. 23-cv-01073-PCP

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS, Dkt. No. 21 Defendant.

12 Defendant NXP Semiconductors moves to dismiss plaintiff Antoinette Dickens’s amended complaint. For the reasons that follow, the Court grants the motion based on forum non conveniens. BACKGROUND Dickens worked at NXP Semiconductors in the company’s Hamburg, Germany office as a System Security Manager on the Site Certification Team from February 2018 through May 2023. Dickens filed this lawsuit against NXP on March 9, 2023, alleging that her employer violated Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 by engaging in a hostile work environment, disparate treatment, failure to promote, disparate pay, and retaliation, all based on both her race and her sex. NXP moved to dismiss Dickens’s complaint on three grounds: (1) failure to state a § 1981 claim under Federal …