Diaz
Diaz v. Tesla, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DEMETRIC DI-AZ, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-06748-WHO
Plaintiffs,
ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR
v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT
TESLA, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 85, 91, 92, 116, 117, 118, Defendants. 119, 120, 124, 125, 131, 135
12 The facts of this racial discrimination and harassment case are as complex and overlapping as the employment structure the defendants have fabricated. According to plaintiffs (and father and son) Owen Diaz and Demetric Di-az, the Tesla, Inc. factory in Fremont, California—where they worked in 2015 and 2016—was a hotbed of racial hostility where they frequently heard the n- word from supervisors and fellow employees. Owen Diaz brings harassment and discrimination claims against Tesla, CitiStaff Solutions, Inc. (his temporary staffing agency), and nextSource, Inc. (the liaison between Tesla and CitiStaff); Demetric Di-az brings claims only against Tesla.1 Before me are the defendants’ motions for…