Parks

ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

This is a civil rights case brought by pro se Plaintiff Dr. Joseph Parks (“Parks”) against his employer Defendant Board of Trustees of the California State University (“Trustees”) and various administrative personnel of the Trustees — Paul Beare (“Beare”), John Welty (“Welty”), Janette Redd-Williams (“Redd-Williams”), and Janice Parten (“Parten”). Parks is a professor of education at California State University-Fresno (“CSUF”). The operative complaint is the Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”). Parks alleges violations of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 (“Title VIP’) and California Government Code § 12900 et seq. (the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”)). All Defendants now move for summary judgment on all claims alleged against them. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Parks is a 67 year old African-American professor of education at CSUF. See DUMF 1; PRDUMF 1. Parks was hired in 1998, and teaches at the Kremen School of Education at CSUF, where his duties include teaching courses, supervising masters level students in completing their final projects, and supervising student teachers who work in…