Nowotny
Nowotny v. Johnson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Charles Nowotny, a former police detective, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, the City of Huntington Beach, and several police officials. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
The record established that, due to several disabilities, both mental and physi *707 cal, and even with reasonable accommodations, Nowotny was unable to perform his former position as a detective or a police officer. 1 The evidence to which Nowotny points does not establish any genuine issue of material fact with respect to this question. Further leave to determine the final result of his knee surgery was not reasonable, 2 particularly given that he had disabling conditions besides his knee that also precluded his employment. The record also established that the City satisfied its duty to engage in the accommodation process required by California Government Code § 12940(n) and in the process required by the United States Constitution.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Nowotny’s age discrimination claim. Nowotny pointed to nothing that supported a “rational inference that intentional…