Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Gayle W. Brown, No. 2:19-CV-01921-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER Vv. Simpson Strong-Tie Co., Inc. et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Gayle W. Brown claims he experienced racially disparate treatment, retaliation, anda hostile work environment in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Defendant Simpson Strong-Tie Co., Inc. (Simpson), his employer, moves for summary judgment. The court submitted the matter onthe papers. As explained in this order, when Brown’s undisputed evidence is “judged from the perspective of a reasonable person in [his] position, considering ‘all the circumstances,’” Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. White, 548 U.S. 53, 71 (2006) (quoting Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc., 523 U.S. 75, 80 (1998)), there are genuine factual disputes remaining for 24 each of Brown’s claims. The motion is denied. 1. LEGAL STANDARD A court may grant…