Wasche

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JILL WASCHE, No. 2:18-cv-02246-MCE-DB Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ORCHARD HOSPITAL and DOES 1-50, inclusive, 15 Defendant. 16 17 In bringing the present case, Plaintiff Jill Wasche (“Plaintiff”) seeks damages from her former employer, Defendant Orchard Hospital (“Defendant” or the “Hospital”), on grounds that she was terminated due to gender discrimination, harassment and retaliation for having complained of gender discrimination and for exercising her rights under the federal Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601, and its California counterpart, the California Family Rights Act, as incorporated within California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, (“FEHA”), Cal. Govt. Code §§ 12940, et seq. Plaintiff asserts five causes of action rooted in FEHA as well as an additional claim for wrongful termination, also premised on FEHA violations. Defendant removed Plaintiff’s complaint from state court, where this action was…