39 Fair empl.prac.cas. 350, 41 Fair empl.prac.cas. 931, 38 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 35,647 Kathryn Lowe v. City of Monrovia, Paul Stuart, Robert Bartlett, Monrovia City Council, John Nobrega, Mary Wilcox, Ed Zoolalian, Robert Ovrom and Betty Logans, Defendants

775 F.2d 998 39 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 350 , 41 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 931 , 38 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 35,647 Kathryn LOWE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MONROVIA, Paul Stuart, Robert Bartlett, Monrovia City Council, John Nobrega, Mary Wilcox, Ed Zoolalian, Robert Ovrom and Betty Logans, Defendants- Appellees. No. 84-5960. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 4, 1985. Decided Oct. 30, 1985. As Amended Dec. 26, 1985 and Jan. 21, 1986. Charles B. Johnson, Pasadena, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Melanie Poturica, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before PREGERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, * District Judge. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 Kathryn Lowe, a Black woman, brought this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 2000e to 2000e-17 (1982), alleging that the failure by the City of Monrovia ("the City") and the individual defendants to hire her for a position on the City's police force resulted from discrimination on the basis of race and sex. Lowe also sought relief under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1981 (1982) and 42…