Jones-Gentry
Jones-Gentry v. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation CA3
Opinion
Opinion
Eurie, J.
BACKGROUND
When reviewing an order granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings, we accept as true all material allegations in the complaint. (National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. v. State of California (2018) 5 Cal.5th 428, 432.) In July 2016, Jones-Gentry began working for CDCR as a teacher for prison inmates. While walking to a prison classroom in November 2016, she tore a meniscus in her knee. When she tried to return to work in early December 2016 with a doctor’s work restriction that she limit walking, CDCR told her it would not accommodate her. In a late December 2016 letter, CDCR told her there were no reasonable accommodations for her and that she could return to work without work restrictions or “provide a clear doctor’s note requesting accommodations.” Later, Jones-Gentry claimed her supervisors made her work life “miserable.” One supervisor yelled at her, prohibited her from using shorter walking routes on prison
1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Government Code.
2 grounds that other employees were allowed to use, moved her workstation without explanation, and did not provide her with necessary equipment and supplies. Another supervisor told her…