Adelene Sanders v. Southwest Airlines Co.

1 2 O 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADELENE SANDERS, ) Case No. CV 21-00451 DDP (MRWx) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR v. ) SUMMARY JUDGMENT ) SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., ) ) Defendants. ) ) 16 Presently before the court is Defendant Southwest Airlines Co. (“Southwest”)’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Having considered the submissions of the parties and heard oral argument, the court grants the motion in part, denies the motion in part, and adopts the following Order. I. Background The matter arises from Plaintiff’s interaction with Southwest crew on July 18, 2020. Plaintiff and her aunt, Shelly Phillips (“Phillips”), were ticketed passengers on a Southwest flight from Ontario, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. When Plaintiff arrived at the airport terminal, she retrieved boarding passes from a kiosk before proceeding to the baggage drop. There, according to Plaintiff, two Caucasian female Southwest employees were…