Sosa v. Hiraoka

920 F.2d 1451 54 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 892 , 55 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,409 , 64 Ed. Law Rep. 696 Luis Roberto SOSA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry HIRAOKA, Dorothy Smith, Warren Kessler, John Burke, Patrick Patterson, William Smith, Leslie Thonesen and Ron Manfredi, individually and as members of the Board of Trustees of Defendant State Center Community College District, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-15752. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 13, 1990. Decided Dec. 6, 1990. Carolyn D. Phillips, Milrod & Phillips, Fresno, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Joseph P. Zampi, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before CHOY, TANG and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 Professor Luis Roberto Sosa sued his employer, State Center Community College District, its trustees (Harry Hiraoka, et al.), and five college administrators (Clyde McCully, Arthur Ellish, Gerald Stokle, William Stewart, and Ernest Leach) for discriminating against him in the terms and conditions of his employment because of his national origin, Mexican-American. Sosa alleged…