Stewart

BACKGROUND

18 On August 27, 2021, plaintiff Selene Stewart filed a pro se employment discrimination 19 complaint against defendants Nadhan Inc. d/b/a Orchard Post-Acute Care (f/k/a Nadhan Inc. d/b/a 20 Windsor House Convalescent Hospital), and Prema Thekkek. The complaint alleges a violation of 21 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000 et seq. 22 Plaintiff is a former nurse who worked at Windsor House Convalescent Hospital until she 23 was fired in 2006 after a patient at the hospital died. Plaintiff claims that she was not at fault with 24 regard to the patient’s death, and that she experienced racial discrimination and retaliation at 25 Windsor House. After the patient died, the patient’s family filed a state court lawsuit against 26 Windsor House and plaintiff, and it appears from the various documents submitted by plaintiff that 27 Plaintiff ultimately lost her nursing license. The current lawsuit claims that defendants discriminated against her and retaliated against her in connection with her 2006 termination. The complaint also describes plaintiff’s unsuccessful efforts to reinstate her nursing license, and the …