Owens
Owens v. Toro
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM C. OWENS, Case No.: 3:18-cv-01579-JAH-JLB
Plaintiff,
ORDER:
v. (1) GRANTING IN PART AND CARLOS DEL TORO,
DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S
Secretary of the Navy, MOTION TO DISMISS Defendant. PLAINTIFF’S SECOND AMENDED 16 COMPLAINT [ECF No. 36]; AND 17 (2) GRANTING DEFENDANT’S
REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE,
[ECF No. 38]. 20 INTRODUCTION 22 On July 12, 2018, Plaintiff William C. Owens (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against 23 Defendant Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, alleging causes of action for 24 discrimination and retaliation. ECF No. 1. This Court previously dismissed Plaintiff’s 25 complaint on May 22, 2019, finding that Plaintiff engaged in improper claim splitting, as 26 the action arose from the same nucleus of facts as another case involving the same parties 27 before the Court. ECF No. 13. Plaintiff appealed, and the Ninth Circuit reversed the…