Darmanin

MEMORANDUM *

Plaintiff, John F. Darmanin, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants, San Francisco Fire Department, and sevei'al of its officials (collectively the “Department”), on his claims under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Botosan v. Paul McNally Realty, 216 F.3d 827, 830 (9th Cir.2000). We affirm the summary judgment on Darmanin’s claims under Title VII. However, we reverse with respect to all but one of Darmanin’s § 1983 claims. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we will not recite them in detail except as necessary.

I. Title VII Claims

Under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a), it is unlawful “for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees ... because [the employee] has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by [Title VII].” To qualify for protection, the employee must have an objectively reasonable belief that the conduct being opposed constitutes a violation of Title VII. Strother v. S. Cal. Permanente Med. Group, 79 F.3d 859 , 869 (9th Cir.1996). Although the “reasonableness” of an employee’s belief that a violation has occurred…