Robinson

BACKGROUND

1. Events preceding Robinson’s lawsuit According to Robinson, as of July 2018, he worked for the Compton School Police Department for 21 years. The parties agree that the District has a merit system of employment, i.e., a civil service system covering classified employees including Robinson.1 Although the parties agree Robinson was a classified employee, they do not further define that term. The parties, however, agree that as a classified employee, Robinson’s employment was governed by the District’s Personnel Commission’s Classified Rules and Regulations (Rules and Regulations). In May 2018, the District published a job bulletin advertising an opening for a school police sergeant. Robinson applied for the position. On June 14, 2018, Robinson participated in an oral Qualifications Appraisal Interview (QAI) and scored the highest of all applicants. On July 17, 2018, Robinson participated in a second oral interview, which Robinson describes as an improper second QAI but the District describes as an oral departmental selection interview. According to Robinson’s opposition to summary judgment, William Wu, the District’s chief of police, and Captain Thomas McFadden…