Terrell
Terrell v. Contra Costa County
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Donna Rayon-Terrell (“Terrell”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Contra Cos-ta County and County Fire Chief Keith Richter (collectively “Appellees”). Terrell, a female African-American firefighter, alleges that from 1989 to 2002, Appellees subjected her to a hostile work environment at four different fire stations because of her race and sex, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 , Title VII, and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”). She also alleges that Appellees refused to consider her application for a position as Fire Inspector in 2001 because of her race, and asserts a disparate treatment claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 , 42 U.S.C. § 1988 , and FEHA. The district court found Terrell’s evidence insufficient to survive a motion for summary judgment for both claims. We reverse in part and affirm in part.
We review a district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, Buono v. Norton, 371 F.3d 543, 545 (9th Cir.2004), and determine, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, whether there are any genuine issues of material fact and whether the district court correctly applied…