Jackson v. Ceva Logistics

I. BACKGROUND

1 A. Factual Background 2 In February 2018, Plaintiff Byron Jackson, an African American man, was hired by 3 Randstad, a temporary staffing agency that contracts to provide workers to various industries in 4 California. ECF No. 1-1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 1-2, 28. Randstad contracted with CEVA to provide 5 employees and workers to CEVA. Id. ¶ 3. CEVA is a world-wide supply chain management 6 company that designs and implements solutions for freight management and contract logistics. Id. 7 CEVA contracted with Randstad for Plaintiff’s services at a CEVA “facility located at 1710 Little 8 Orchard, in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California” (“the San Jose Facility”). Id. ¶ 3, 28. 9 Plaintiff alleges that the San Jose Facility where he worked was owned, operated, and 10 controlled by CEVA “for the benefit of [Tesla].” Id. ¶¶ 4, 6. Plaintiff alleges that Tesla “contracted 11 with [CEVA] and [Randstad], directly or indirectly for the services of Plaintiff . . . at facilities 12 engaged in the manufacture and production of [Tesla] products.” Id. ¶ 7. 13 Plaintiff alleges that employees of CEVA “blatantly demonstrated that [] racist behavior 14 would be tolerated at sites on…