Means

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

This matter came before the Court on August 9, 2010, on the motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant City and County of San Francisco, Department of Public Health (“City”). For the reasons set forth below, the City’s motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In April 2002, Plaintiff Sherry Lynn Means (“Means”) began working as a certified nursing assistant at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (“Laguna Honda” or “Hospital”), a licensed acute-care hospital and skilled nursing facility operated by the City. She was terminated on September 17, 2008, after a period of unpaid administrative leave following allegations that Means used vulgar language with patients, initiated an unauthorized investigation of sexual assault at the Hospital, lied to supervisors investigating the incident, attempted to break in to her supervisor’s office, and threatened coworkers with violence. Means challenges these allegations, and in a Complaint filed March 4, 2009, Means claims that she was unlawfully discriminated against, retaliated against, and harassed in violation of Title…