Evans

DECISION, FINDING OF FACTS, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

The instant case is a disability discrimination action filed pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act, codified at 29 U.S.C. § 791 et seq. Plaintiff, a former United States Postal Service (“USPS”) employee, alleges in her Complaint that she was fired from her job because of an injury she sustained to her left foot.

In 1989, Plaintiff Sheena M. Evans (“Evans”) was hired by the USPS to work in the City of Glendora, California postal branch. Ms. Evans was terminated from her position as mail carrier effective June 6,1992.

Ms. Evans story really begins in January 1990, when she allegedly fractured toes on her left foot while getting out of her postal vehicle to deliver mail. She eventually underwent surgery for that injury on September 28, 1990, and was out of work until November 19, 1990. Evans’ injury, which allegedly caused her to limp, restricted her ability to perform certain tasks — such as driving, standing for long periods of time, walking long distances, and so forth.

According to Plaintiff, as Glendora Postmaster Robin Carol Hirabayashi (“Hirabayashi”) became frustrated by Evans’…