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BIEL v. ST. JAMES SCHOOL

No. 17-55180.

911 F.3d 603 (2018)

Kristen BIEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. JAMES SCHOOL, a Corp., a California Non-Profit Corporation; Does, 2-50, Inclusive; St. James Catholic School, a California Non-Profit Corporation; Doe 1, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 17, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew S. Pletcher (argued), Cathryn G. Fund , and Joseph M. Lovretovich , JML Law, Woodland Hills, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jack Steven Sholkoff (argued), Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C., Los Angeles, California; Veronica Fermin and Richard Chen , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C., Costa Mesa, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Susan Ruth Oxford (argued), Attorney; Barbara L. Sloan , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Jennifer S. Goldstein , Associate General Counsel; James L. Lee , Deputy General Counsel; Office of the General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Dissent by Judge Fisher.

OPINION

Plaintiff Kristin Biel was fired from her fifth grade teaching position at St. James Catholic School after she told her employer that she had breast cancer and would need to miss work to undergo chemotherapy. She now appeals the district court's summary judgment ruling that her subsequent lawsuit against...

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