Nghiem

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 PETER P NGHIEM, Case No. 21-cv-06872-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER ADOPTING IN PART

v. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, et al., [Re: ECF No. 15] Defendants.

12 Before the Court is Judge Cousins’s Report and Recommendation in this employment discrimination case. This is an action brought by Plaintiff Peter P. Nghiem, a Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer (“QAL”) at Santa Clara University (“SCU”), against Defendants SCU, Nam Ling, Grace Ling, and Jeremy Kemp. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants engaged in a campaign of harassment and defamation as a pretext to discriminate against Plaintiff due to his age and race between 2019 and 2020, leading to Plaintiff’s failure to be promoted and the cancellation of the courses he taught, including based on Plaintiff’s reporting of Defendants’ conduct. Plaintiff alleges (1) race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII…