Veronica Ollier v. Sweetwater Union High School

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• holding that a protected activity occurred when a parent expressed gender inequality concerns within the female athletic program to a school official
• holding causation in a retaliation claim can be inferred from the 4 “proximity in time between the protected action and the allegedly retaliatory” conduct
• explaining that the goal of Rule 26 “is to encourage parties to try cases on the merits, not by surprise, and not by ambush”
• finding that 25 the district court has discretion to determine that proposed expert testimony lacked a reliable 26 methodology and was speculative
• noting that a party’s ability to obtain a last-minute expert does not cure a 15 Rule 26(a) or (e) violation
• finding that members of a women's high school softball team suffered judicially cognizable injuries flowing from the school's retaliatory responses to Title IX complaints made by the coach on the students' behalf

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