Brown

I. BACKGROUND

Brown, an African American, was hired as the visiting team clubhouse manager for the River Cats in 2014. (Brown v. Arizona Diamondbacks, supra, C091629.) The River Cats are a minor league baseball team and a member of the Pacific Coast League. 5 (Ibid.) As the visiting team clubhouse manager, Brown was responsible for maintaining and operating the clubhouse, and hosting visiting teams from the Pacific Coast League. (Ibid.) The Reno Aces were one such team. The Reno Aces are affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks (Diamondbacks), a major league team. (Brown v. Arizona Diamondbacks, supra, C091629.) Joseph Metz was an athletic trainer for the Reno Aces, employed by the Diamondbacks. (Ibid.) The Reno Aces came to Sacramento twice during the 2014 baseball season, using the visiting clubhouse for three days in July 2014 and five days in August-September 2014. (Ibid.) The second amended complaint alleges that Metz was rude and disrespectful to Brown, and refused to work with him to plan the Reno Aces’ visit. (Brown v. Arizona Diamondbacks, supra, C091629.) According to Brown, Metz loudly complained about the clubhouse and let it be known he thought Brown was doing a bad…