Lahti

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

18 Plaintiff worked at Transdev Services, Inc. (“Transdev”) for more than 20 years. 19 Defendant John Lewis (“Lewis”) became the general manager of Plaintiff’s office in 20 2020, and allegedly started treating Plaintiff “unfairly and wanted to get rid of her” due to 21 her age and disability. [Doc. No. 5 at 4]. In July 2021, Plaintiff went on approved medical 22 leave due to allegedly being denied accommodations for her physical disability. [Doc. 23 No. 5 at 4-5]. In September 2021, while still on medical leave, Plaintiff visited the office 24 to meet with another supervisor and accidently took home a lost and found phone, which 25 she allegedly returned a few days later. Lewis allegedly asked Plaintiff to come to the 26 office to discuss the matter of the lost phone with an alleged “demanding” and “rude” 27 tone. [Doc. No. 5-1 at ¶ 26]. Plaintiff allegedly refused to meet with Lewis because she 28 was sick and needed to attend doctor appointments. Shortly after, Lewis placed Plaintiff on administrative leave and Transdev subsequently fired Plaintiff “without meeting with Plaintiff or conducting an adequate investigation.” [Doc. No.…