Legal Opinion
Somers v. Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 22, 2015No. C-14-5180 EMCPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER DENYING (1) DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS; (2) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY DEFENSE COUNSEL
EDWARD M.- CHEN, United States District Judge ■■
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Paul Somers brought'this lawsuit against -his former employer, Digital Realty Trust, and Ellen Jacobs, a Senior Vice President at Digital Realty Trust (collectively, Digital Realty, or Defendants). See Docket No. 1 (Complaint); see also Docket No. 38 (Ellen Jacobs Deck) at ¶ 2. While Somers’ complaint pleads five separate causes of action, including claims for discrimination on the basis of his sexual orientation…
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