Chimesa Medina v. The Boeing Company

I. BACKGROUND

Medina filed her initial complaint in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange on March 25, 2019. ECF No. 1-4, 12-108. Boeing removed the action to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on April 26, 2019 (Case No.: 8:19-cv-00774-AG-JEM). ECF No. 1-6, 340-55. The action was remanded to the Superior Court on the grounds that complete diversity of citizenship did not exist because two individual non-diverse defendants were part of the action. See ECF No. 1-6, 421-22. On November 13, 2019, Medina filed her amended complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Orange. Compl., ECF No. 1-6, p. 89-170. The amended complaint alleges a series of discriminatory actions taken against Medina by her employer, Boeing, of over ten years. Id. at ¶¶ 18-128. The amended complaint asserts the following twelve claims: (1) discrimination based upon race in Violation of California Fair Employment Housing Act (“FEHA”), Cal. Gov. Code § 12940 (a), et. seq.; (2) discrimination based upon gender in violation of California FEHA, Cal. Gov. Code § 12940(a), et seq.; (3) harassment based upon race and gender in…