Suarez
Suarez v. Del Toro
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
1 Suarez alleges that she was subject to a hostile work environment, discrimination, and 2 disparate treatment on account of her race, national origin, sex, age, and disability while employed 3 as an Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist for BUMED in San Diego, California. See SAC 4 (dkt. 12) ¶¶ 4, 12. She alleges that Hamilton McWhorter, a senior officer, sent her “demeaning 5 and intimidating emails,” “talked to [her] in a condescending manner, ridiculed [her] and insulted 6 [her].” Id. ¶ 13. She alleges that Mario Villalba, her coworker, swore around her, pointed his 7 middle finger, and asked her on multiple occasions when she was going to retire. Id. ¶¶ 29, 32. 8 She alleges that Therese Guy, her supervisor at the time, did not respond to her messages that she 9 was feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and depressed by asking her if she wanted a reasonable 10 accommodation and that Guy denied her the opportunity to attend a training. Id. ¶¶ 33, 38, 41. 11 Finally, Suarez alleges that James Cummins, her supervisor, denied her a reasonable 12 accommodation of working from home two days a week to address her vertigo and that he made 13 misrepresentations and…