Lane

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 ANDRE LANE, Case No. 3:19-cv-1918-LAB-MSB 12 Plaintiff,

13 vs. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR ROBERT WILKIE, Secretary, SUMMARY JUDGMENT [Dkt. 24] Department of Veterans Affairs, 16 Defendant.

17 Andre Lane, a secretary working for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (the “VA”), suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression. Because these conditions were interfering with his job performance, he asked the VA for several accommodations. Over a nineteen-month dialogue, the VA granted some of his requests, but it didn’t give him everything he wanted. Lane filed an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint, and three months later, he received a negative performance review citing longstanding performance issues that hadn’t warranted a negative review before. Lane alleges that the VA’s denial of his requests for accommodation was discriminatory, and that his negative performance…