Mansfield

Mansfield v. San Francisco City & County

Good Law
62 F. App'x 813
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 5, 2003No. 02-15431; D.C. No. CV-00-04101-MEJCalifornia456 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Appellant LaSonia Mansfield challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee City and County of San Francisco on her claims that she was terminated because of her race and in *814 retaliation for complaints of continuing discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. Because we find her arguments lack merit, we affirm the district court.

Mansfield contends that she was the victim of a pattern and practice of discrimination and retaliatory treatment based on incidents that occurred when she began work at a city jail in November, 1994, and that the pattern continued up to and caused her termination. She argues that the district court erred in striking certain evidence that was found not to support a claim of discrimination or retaliation in earlier state-court proceedings against the same defendant. We review de novo. See In re Harmon, 250 F.3d 1240, 1245 (9th Cir.2001). The precise issue that was before the state courts was whether Mansfield suffered discrimination and retaliation, not whether her termination was illegal. However, we agree with the district court that…

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