Weiss

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIMI WEISS,

Case No. 23-cv-03490-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP,

INC., Defendant.

I. INTRODUCTION This is a religious accommodation and wrongful termination suit brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) and California Fair Employment and Housing Act, California Government Code 12940 (“FEHA”). Plaintiff Mimi Weiss (“Weiss”) avers that Defendant, The Permanente Medical Group (“TPMG”), violated her rights when it terminated her for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. In the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), Weiss brings eight claims for relief: (1) religious discrimination – disparate treatment, in violation of Title VII, (2) failure to provide religious accommodation, in violation of Title VII, (3) retaliation, in violation of Title VII, (4) religious coercion…