Legal Opinion

Steven Patzer v. Ciena Communications, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided September 28, 2026No. 5:26-cv-05621Unknown

1Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 STEVEN PATZER, Case No. 26-cv-05621-PCP 8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 9 v. DISMISS IN PART 10 CIENA COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 7 Defendant. 11 12 13 Plaintiff Steven Patzer sues his former employer, Ciena Communications, Inc. (Ciena), for 14 violations of various California laws arising from Ciena’s handling of his immigration benefits 15 applications and for eventually terminating Patzer’s employment in May 2024. Ciena now moves 16 to dismiss several of Patzer’s causes of action for failure to state a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Sprewell v. Golden State WarriorsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  4. Karim Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
  5. In Re Gilead Sciences Securities LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008

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