Oreizi
Oreizi v. County of Fresno
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
INTRODUCTION
15 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Farshad Oreizi’s Motion in Limine No. 1 to exclude 16 the Fresno County Civil Service Commission’s (“CSC”) Findings of Facts/Conclusion of Law 17 (“FOF/COL”) regarding Plaintiff’s hearing before the CSC in January 2017. Doc. No. 73. 18 As drawn from the Complaint and briefings of the parties, Plaintiff worked for Defendant 19 County of Fresno’s (“the County”) Department of Agriculture from 1996 to March 2017. 20 Beginning in 2007 Plaintiff served as a supervisor in the Huron District. On October 12, 2016, 21 Plaintiff received a disciplinary action order stating he would be immediately terminated. Plaintiff 22 requested and was granted a hearing before the CSC. On January 27, 2017, the CSC issued a 23 Notice of Decision (“NOD”) which retroactively reinstated Plaintiff to his prior position, subject 24 to a 240 hour suspension without pay. Defendant requested reconsideration, but the NOD was 25 affirmed. Rather than reinstating Plaintiff to his prior position in Huron, Defendant assigned 26 Plaintiff to work at the Department’s Fresno office. On March 15, 2017, Plaintiff returned to work 27 but was constructively…