Rogers v. Low Income Investment Fund
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
4 5 BRIAN F. ROGERS, Plaintiff, No. C 23-02756 WHA v. LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND, ORDER RE SETTLEMENT OFFER
AARON BASKIN, PAUL AND SEALING OF OFFER
WETTERHOLM, ADINA ZBRINGER,
JOHANNA VAQUEZ, SABRINA
BAPTISTE, DANIEL A. NISSENBAUM, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Brian F. Rogers filed a complaint asserting that because of his race the Low Income Investment Fund did not hire him (Dkt. No. 48). The Fund and named employees from the time answered his allegations (Dkt. No. 51, 52). At a hearing last month, Rogers summarized that his case rests not on overt acts of racism but on two factual assertions: His qualifications surpassed those of the candidate hired, and his race was not well-represented in the Fund’s San Francisco office (Aug. 18, 2024 Tr. 45:45–46:30). Defendants summarized one prong of their case in turn: Sabrina Baptiste, the named defendant in San Francisco who sent Rogers the email rejecting him (Compl. ¶ 54), is of the same race as Rogers…