Madrigal

I. BACKGROUND1

1 Mr. Madrigal, who has diabetes, began working for PTL as a Class A Driver in December 2 2016. Dkt. No. 30 ¶¶ 5-6. As a Class A Driver, the essential functions of his position were 3 driving and delivering food items to PTL’s customers. Id. ¶ 7. For nearly four years, he excelled 4 in his position. Id. ¶ 22. 5 In February 2020, Mr. Madrigal began experiencing respiratory symptoms. He was 6 diagnosed with pneumonia and hospitalized. Id. ¶ 8. Because of his underlying condition of 7 diabetes, Mr. Madrigal had a high risk of developing complications from his pneumonia. Id. Mr. 8 Madrigal’s physician placed him on medical leave from work for 16 days to allow Mr. Madrigal to 9 recover from his pneumonia. Id. ¶ 9. Mr. Madrigal provided PTL with documentation from his 10 physician to support his medical leave. Id. 11 Although Mr. Madrigal recovered from pneumonia, his physician extended Mr. Madrigal’s 12 medical leave to September 2020 because his diabetes put him at high risk for severe illness from 13 COVID-19, which was then a global pandemic. Id. ¶¶ 10-11. 14 On or about August 25, 2020, PTL requested additional documentation regarding Mr. 15…