Franklin
Franklin v. City of Kingsburg
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 VERNON FRANKLIN, CASE NO. 1:18-CV-0824 AWI SKO
Plaintiff
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION
v. FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS
CITY OF KINGSBURG and DOES 1-20 inclusive, (Doc. No. 51) 12 Defendants 13 This is an employment dispute involving Plaintiff Vernon Franklin (“Franklin”) and his former employer the City of Kingsburg (“the City”). In the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), which is the operative complaint, Franklin alleges violations of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Cal. Gov. Code § 12940) (“FEHA”), whistleblower retaliation under California Labor Code § 1102.5, invasion of privacy under California Civil Code § 56.20, Title VII (42 U.S.C. § 2000e), 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is the City’s Rule 12(c) motion for judgment on the pleadings. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be denied. 22 BACKGROUND From the FAC, from 2006 to 2018,…