Ronald Hittle v. City of Stockton

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RONALD HITTLE, No. 22-15485

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:12-cv- 00766-TLN-KJN v.

CITY OF STOCKTON, California; ORDER AND

ROBERT DEIS; LAURIE MONTES, AMENDED

OPINION

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Troy L. Nunley, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 27, 2023 San Francisco, California

Filed August 4, 2023 Amended May 17, 2024

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, * District Judge.

* The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. Order; Opinion by Judge Korman; Dissent from Order by Judge Callahan; Dissent from Order by Judge Ikuta; Dissent from Order by Judge VanDyke

SUMMARY **

Employment Discrimination

The panel filed (1) an order amending the opinion filed on August 4, 2023, and denying a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc; and (2) an amended opinion affirming…