Case: Discrimination/Religious Accommodation (C.D. Cal.)

June 17, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC

A California federal district court denied summary judgment to Los Angeles County on claims by an Evangelical Christian lifeguard captain of religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, retaliation, and Free Exercise Clause violations, after he was suspended for removing Progress Pride Flags due to his religious beliefs, finding triable issues of fact existed regarding failure to accommodate and religious animus.

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