Abbassi

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

Ali Abbassi identifies as a Persian Muslim man. A. Abbassi is hired and repeatedly promoted at UCLA Extension through 2018 In 2011, Abbassi started working for UCLA Extension, which is a part of UCLA and hence overseen by the Regents of the University of California (Regents). He started as a program coordinator for the marketing department. Over the next seven years, Abassi received several promotions: He was promoted to marketing liaison in 2012, to marketing manager in 2015, and to director of marketing strategy in 2016. For the last promotion to

2 a director-level title, he had to apply and be interviewed. Each promotion entailed an increase in salary; Abbasi also received discretionary salary increases in between the promotions. B. Abbassi begins to serve as the Interim Senior Director of Marketing In November 2018, Abbassi was promoted to head of the marketing department at UCLA Extension on an interim basis. He was given the title Interim Senior Director of Marketing, an increase in salary, and an additional stipend to account for the increased duties.1 Although the policy at UCLA Extension was to fill director-level…