Corrales
Corrales v. Chase Bankcard Service, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Joyce A. Corrales appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) of her action alleging that she was subjected to a hostile work environment and constructively discharged as an employee of Chase Bankcard Services in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Zimmerman v. City of Oakland, 255 F.3d 734, 737 (9th Cir.2001), and we reverse and remand.
The district court dismissed Corrales’ constructive discharge claim because she alleged only a single incident of sexual harassment and no circumstances that might be considered “aggravating factors.” Sanchez v. City of Santa Ana, 915 F.2d 424, 431 (9th Cir.1990). Accepting as true the well-pleaded allegations in the complaint, see Zimmerman, 255 F.3d at 737 , Corrales alleged that a male “diversity officer” in the human relations department told her that she could not refuse to answer his questions about her sex life and experiences; that during an hour-long interview Corrales divulged personal and humiliating information about her sex life and experiences that had no relevance to the purported investigation of…