Mendoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 MARILYN MENDOZA, Case No.: 21-cv-00991-H-JLB 12 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

13 v. MOTION TO DISMISS

LOUIS DEJOY, POSTMASTER

[Doc. No. 3.] GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

POSTAL SERVICE,

16 Defendants.

On August 13, 2021, Defendant Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service, filed a partial motion to dismiss Plaintiff Marilyn Mendoza’s complaint. (Doc. No. 3.) On September 3, 2021, Plaintiff filed a response in opposition to Defendant’s motion to dismiss. (Doc. No. 4.) On September 13, 2021, Defendant filed a reply. (Doc. No. 5.) On September 29, 2021, the Court took the matter under submission. (Doc. No. 8.) For the reasons below, the Court denies Defendant’s motion to dismiss. Background The following factual background is taken from the allegations in Plaintiff’s complaint. Plaintiff is a female who was born in Manila, Philippines, and she classifies herself as Filipino, Pacific…