Rains v. Criterion Systems

80 F.3d 339 70 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 635 , 68 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 44,008 , 64 USLW 2616 , 11 IER Cases 936 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2009 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3405 Randolph S. RAINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CRITERION SYSTEMS, INC., a California corporation; Kaiser Permanente Hospital Inc., a California corporation; Anthon Freitas, and Paul Fice, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-17168. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 13, 1995. Decided March 26, 1996. Leo F. Donahue and Christopher H. Whelan, Gold River, California, for plaintiff-appellant. Fred A Schwartz, Rust, Armenis & Schwartz, Sacramento, California, for defendant-appellee Kaiser Permanente Inc. Mark S. Spring, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, Sacramento, California, for defendant-appellee Criterion Systems Inc. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, No. CV-92-013-LKK GGH; Lawrence K. Karlton, District Judge, Presiding. Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal raises the question whether a plaintiff may allege a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…