Surrell v. California Water Service Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that if “a plaintiff is entitled 18 to receive a right-to-sue letter from the EEOC, a plaintiff may proceed absent such a letter, provided she has received a right-to-sue letter from the appropriate state agency”
• holding that a plaintiff may proceed with a Title VII claim where a plaintiff is entitled to right to sue letter from the EEOC, “provided she has 26 received a right to sue letter from the appropriate state agency”
• stating that Title VII requires the plaintiff to exhaust 26 administrative remedies before seeking a private action for damages
• indicating that a claim for 9 retaliation, whether under Title VII or § 1981, has the above elements
• noting that Courts apply the 18 familiar McDonnell Douglas burden shifting framework for § 1981 claims
• explaining that performance-related and non-pretextual actions do not support claims for retaliation or hostile work environment

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