Purushothaman Rajaram, et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 PURUSHOTHAMAN RAJARAM, et al., Case No. 22-cv-02920-LB 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER 13 v. Re: ECF No. 146 14 META PLATFORMS, INC., 15 Defendant. 16 17 INTRODUCTION & STATEMENT 18 The plaintiffs are four U.S. citizens who applied unsuccessfully for jobs at Meta Platforms, 19 Inc. They allege that Meta prefers visa holders over U.S. citizens in hiring, in violation of 42 20 U.S.C. § 1981, and they seek to represent a class of applicants to nine job categories: Software 21 Engineer, Research…