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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYLVIA SANTOS,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 10CV2563 DMS (POR)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS BY DEFENDANT

INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE

WEST

vs.

GUARD MANAGEMENT, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Pending before the Court is Defendant Insurance Company of the West’s (“ICW”) motion to

dismiss Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”). (Doc. 26.) For the following reasons,

Defendant’s motion is granted.

Plaintiff, a non-prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Complaint and motion for leave to proceed

in forma paurperis (“IFP”) on December 15, 2010. (Docs. 1-2.) On December 22, 2010, this Court

issued an Order granting Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed IFP and sua sponte dismissing without

prejudice Plaintiff’s claims for violation of Title VII, libel, slander, conspiracy, and violation of the

Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) based upon the April 2009 incident for failure to state a

claim. (Doc. 3.) Plaintiff’s claim for violation of the ADA based upon the May 2009 incident

survived. On January 12, 2011, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). (Doc. 4.) On

February 3, 2011, the Court issued an Order finding the claims in the FAC against Defendant Guard

Management, Inc. sufficient to survive the screening provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). (Feb. 3

Order at 2.) The Court noted that, although ICW was listed as a Defendant in the caption of the FAC,

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it was not listed as a Defendant in the FAC itself and Plaintiff made no allegations as to it. (Id. at 2

n.1.) On March 15, 2011, Defendant ICW filed a motion to dismiss the FAC. (Doc. 9.) The Court

granted the motion on May 3, 2011, and granted Plaintiff leave to file a SAC by May 27, 2011, which

she did. (Docs. 18, 24.) 

In the SAC, Plaintiff alleges defendant Guard Management, Inc. discriminated against her on

the basis of race and disability. Plaintiff also states a claim for racial discrimination against ICW.

(SAC at ¶¶ 1, 32-35; Opp. at 2-3.) In support of this claim, Plaintiff alleges ICW made “inaccurate,

intentional, malicious, and fraudulent statements to the WCAB; to the Fair Employment & Housing;

to the District Attorneys’ Office, and all was done in retaliation due to Discrimination of my Race,

being of Mexican descent, . . . and that because I am a Hispanic, a female and I sustained injuries

leaving me with a Disability . . . .” (Id. at ¶ 35.) However, Plaintiff fails to make any additional

factual allegations in support of her claim that ICW’s alleged statements were in any way motivated

by Plaintiff’s race, sex, or disability status. Accordingly, Plaintiff has failed to allege sufficient factual

detail to state a plausible claim for discrimination against ICW. 

Plaintiff has been granted multiple opportunities to properly plead a claim for relief against

ICW and has failed to do so. Accordingly, Defendant ICW’s motion to dismiss is granted with

prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 28, 2011

HON. DANA M. SABRAW

United States District Judge

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