Crawford
Crawford v. MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
Whelan, J.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
On May 18, 2001 Defendant MCI World-corn Communications, Inc. (“Defendant” or “MCI WorldCom”) brought this motion for summary judgment, or in the alternative, for partial summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff Dianne Crawford (“Plaintiff’) opposes. All parties are represented by counsel. The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1(d.l).
I. BACKGROUND
The Court and the parties are familiar with the facts of this case and they need limited description here. Plaintiff is an African-American female formerly employed by Defendant MCI WorldCom. During Plaintiffs employment, plaintiff was one of five Pacific Region Sales Directors. Plaintiff was responsible for sales operations in San Diego, the Inland Empire and Central Valley.
As a Sales Director, Plaintiff was required to achieve certain sales performance levels. Specifically, Defendant measures employee sales performance using two quota measures — Estimated Monthly Usage (“EMU”) and New Billed Revenue (“NBR”). EMU is an expected future billings estimate based…