Anigbogu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL C. ANIGBOGU, Case No. 21-cv-07419-TSH

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, Re: Dkt. No. 53 Defendant.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Pending before the Court is Defendant Alejandro Mayorkas’s Motion for Summary Judgment. ECF No. 53. Plaintiff Michael Anigbogu filed an Opposition (ECF No. 59), and Defendant filed a Reply (ECF No. 63). For the reasons stated below, the Court DENIES the motion.1 II. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background2 In 2002, Director Emilia Bardini hired Plaintiff Michael Anigbogu as an Asylum Officer in the San Francisco Asylum Office. ECF No. 60, Plaintiff’s Response to Defendant’s Separate Statement of Facts (“DSS”), No. 1. Anigbogu is a black, African-American man from Nigeria. ECF No. 63-1, Defendant’s Reply to Plaintiff’s Additional Statement of Facts (“PSS”), No. 1.

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