Gilles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AMBER GILES, Case No.: 20-cv-2131-GPC-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

v. [ECF Nos. 3, 7] SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET, INC., and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, 15 Defendants. 16 On August 6, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and months before the availability of a COVID-19 vaccination, Plaintiff was denied entry into a Sprouts Farmers Market to shop for groceries when she refused to wear either a face covering or a face shield to gain entry. Plaintiff alleges that she suffers from a disability that prevents her from wearing a mask for medical reasons and that Sprouts Farmers Market discriminated against her based upon her disability. Before this Court are two Motions to Dismiss (“MTD”) filed by Defendant SF Markets, LLC (“Defendant”), referred to by Plaintiff as Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. The first MTD (“1st MTD”) seeks to dismiss the Complaint due to Plaintiff’s failure to properly serve Defendants in accordance with Federal Rule…