Rosado

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Gina Rosado, No. 2:22-cv-02302-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. Leprino Foods Company, 1S Defendant. 16 Gina Rosado requested and received permission from her employer, Leprino Foods Co., to take a month’s unpaid medical leave due to back pain. Her leave was extended a month more, 19 then another, then several more, until more than a year had passed. Leprino had no information 20 to suggest Rosado’s condition had improved while she was out. It believed any further leave would not help her return to work, so it ended her employment, but it invited her to apply again when she could. Rosado alleges Leprino’s actions constituted disability discrimination and 23 retaliation, among other related claims. As explained in this order, however, the evidence leaves 24 no dispute Leprino terminated her employment because her condition prevented her from 25 performing her job, even with reasonable…