Raju
Raju v. County of LA Dept. of Mental Health CA2/3
Opinion
Opinion
Kitching, J.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Kariavandan Raju sued his employer, the County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health (the Department), for discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Government Code section 12960, et seq. (FEHA). The trial court granted the Department’s motion for summary judgment, concluding the Department had nondiscriminatory and nonretaliatory reasons for the challenged employment actions and Plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedy with respect to some of his claims. We reach the same conclusion and affirm.
FACTS1 AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
1. Background Plaintiff is of Indian racial descent and national origin. He has a Ph.D. in social work and has been a licensed clinical social worker since 1997. Plaintiff is employed by the Department as a Psychiatric Social Worker II, a position he has held since 2000. On April 8, 2011, Plaintiff filed a charge of discrimination with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), alleging that from July 11, 2004 to the present, he had been “denied a promotion to Supervising Psychiatric Social Worker.” On March 28, 2012, Plaintiff filed the instant action against the…