Mehboob Shah v. Desert Auto Group V LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 BILAL MEHBOOB SHAH, Case No.: 23cv1073-JO-BGS 9 Plaintiff, 10 v.

ORDER SCREENING COMPLAINT

DESERT AUTO GROUP V LLC,

13 Defendant. 14 15 16 17 On January 10, 2024, pro se Plaintiff Bilal Mehboob Shah filed an amended complaint alleging that his former employer, Defendant Desert Auto Group V LLC (“Desert Auto”), discriminated and retaliated against him and failed to pay him certain wages in violation of employment laws. Dkt. 28. Upon screening the amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the Court dismisses his disability discrimination claim and allows his various discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour claims to proceed. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, a Pakistani male, was hired by Desert Auto, a car dealership, on September 21, 2021. Dkt. 14, Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) at 6. Plaintiff worked as a sales manager until Desert Auto terminated his employment on November 4, 2021. Id. at 7. 28 Plaintiff alleges that, during the course of his…