Penhall

I. BACKGROUND1

22 In March of 2013, Lake County Probation Department hired Penhall as a Welfare 23 Fraud Investigator Trainee.2 See Compl. ¶ 11; MTD (dkt. 14) at 3. The requirement and 24 expectation of that position is that the employee completes a training to become a Welfare 25 26

27 1 These allegations are taken from the Complaint and assumed to be true for the purposes of this 1 Fraud Investigator (i.e., no longer a trainee) within one year. See Compl. ¶ 12. 2 Defendants waived the one-year completion requirement for Penhall due to scheduling 3 difficulty. Id. ¶ 13. There are two available training courses to become an Investigator: a 4 basic course, and a “Specialized Investigator Course.” Id. ¶ 14. The latter is less 5 physically demanding. Id. In January 2014, Penhall enrolled in the basic course; she 6 performed admirably until she was injured. Id. ¶ 15. During the training course, Penhall 7 injured both knees, her right shoulder and her right elbow, and required surgery. Id. ¶ 16.3 8 On December 1, 2015, Penhall began a medical leave of absence, and was off of work 9 through September 11, 2017. Id. ¶ 18. On September 6, 2017, Penhall’s…