Aki

ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Re: Dkt. No.

Plaintiff Julian Ray Aki (“Plaintiff’), a former Field Carpenter for the University of California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (“LBNL”), brings this action against his former employer in the form of Defendant The Regents of the University of California (“Defendant”) 1 under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. § 794 ), the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Cal..Civ. Code §§ 56 et seq.), and Article 1(1) of the California Constitution. Plaintiffs Complaint alleges five causes of action: (1) disability discrimination; (2) failure to accommodate; (3) retaliation; (4) violation of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act; and (5) violation of the California constitutional right to autonomy and privacy. Now pending before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. (Dkt. No. 27.) After carefully considering the evidence submitted by the parties, and having had the benefit of oral argument on November 13, 2014, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion in part and DENIES in part.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff first began doing carpentry work for LBNL in 1995 as an outside contractor. (Dkt.…