11 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1285, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,553 Sonja Lynn Berg, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Female Employees of the Richmond Unified School District v. Richmond Unified School District

528 F.2d 1208 11 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1285 , 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,553 Sonja Lynn BERG, individually and on behalf of all other female employees of the Richmond Unified School District, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHMOND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants. No. 74--1457. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 9, 1975. Arthur W. Walenta, Jr., Asst. County Counsel (argued), Martinez, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Mary C. Dunlap (argued), Dunlap, Davis & Williams, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. OPINION Before MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, * District Judge. KOELSCH, Circuit Judge: 1 When plaintiff Berg, a school teacher employed by defendant Richmond Unified School District, became pregnant, the defendants--the School District and its officers--acting pursuant to a district policy relating solely to pregnant employees, 1 threatened to (1) require her to cease working on a date earlier than she and her physician believed necessary and (2) deny her the benefit of accumulated sick leave pay while she was not working. Thereafter, in the fifth month of her pregnancy, plaintiff filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity…