{"id":152,"date":"2020-03-27T17:48:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T17:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2020-03-27T20:52:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T20:52:16","slug":"san-francisco-superior-court-grants-summary-adjudication-in-favor-of-the-california-public-utilities-commission-cpuc-for-racial-discrimination-claim-but-denies-summary-judgment-for-commissioner-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2020\/03\/27\/san-francisco-superior-court-grants-summary-adjudication-in-favor-of-the-california-public-utilities-commission-cpuc-for-racial-discrimination-claim-but-denies-summary-judgment-for-commissioner-and\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Superior Court Grants Summary Adjudication in Favor of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for Racial Discrimination Claim, but Denies Summary Judgment for Commissioner and Former President"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Michael J. Melton<\/h3>\n<p>On February 20, 2020, after hearing oral arguments in the matter of <em>Clopton v. Cal. Pub. Util. Comm\u2019n<\/em>, No. CGC-17-563082 (Cal. Super. Ct. San Francisco), Judge Ethan P. Schulman <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/sandiego.edu\/file\/d\/1x2AIcOCULkhlyT37wG-X8d2hXUxwUa3J\/view?usp=sharing\">granted<\/a> the CPUC\u2019s Motion for Summary Adjudication regarding former Administrative Law Judge Karen Clopton\u2019s racial discrimination claim in her wrongful termination suit against the CPUC (her former employer) and supervisors. In granting the motion, the court found that Judge Clopton did not challenge a contradictory finding by the State Personnel Board that Judge Clopton\u2019s conduct constituted grounds for discipline, and that the CPUC\u2019s dismissal was just and proper.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, on February 21, 2020, however, the court denied the individual defendants, Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/sandiego.edu\/file\/d\/1qpFiwLnOGvIfWdnomoHMNlW-Y44M6dwQ\/view?usp=sharing\">Liane Randolph\u2019s<\/a> and former CPUC President <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/sandiego.edu\/file\/d\/1GFOln_LvuXy9ZMYMgVZEWoAdlkl4_Z1S\/view?usp=sharing\">Michael Picker\u2019s<\/a>, respective motions for summary judgment on Judge Clopton\u2019s retaliation claims, finding that because Judge Clopton claimed discrimination against a protected class under the Whistleblower Act, they can still be liable for retaliation as her supervisors. The court found with respect to both motions that there remain triable issues of material fact as to whether Judge Clopton\u2019s supervisors retaliated against her after she made claims of racial discrimination. Specifically, neither President Picker nor Commissioner Randolph rebutted claims that they asked the CPUC General Counsel to initiate an investigation into Judge Clopton\u2019s management style, and that President Picker and Commissioner Randolph took the lead in the appraisal of Judge Clopton\u2019s employment that resulted in termination.<\/p>\n<p>This employment dispute between the CPUC and Judge Clopton has been ongoing since 2017.\u00a0 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.sandiego.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=2069&amp;context=crlr\">24:2 CRLR 219-220<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.sandiego.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1386&amp;context=crlr\">24:1 CRLR 170\u2013171<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.sandiego.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1087&amp;context=crlr\">23:2 CRLR 185\u2013186<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.sandiego.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&amp;context=crlr\">23:1 CRLR 213<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The court set a mandatory settlement conference for the parties to be held on April 24, 2020. \u00a0At this writing, all Superior Courts are closed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the original trial date of April 6, 2020 has been vacated. The court has not yet set a new trial date.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPILUSD\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpilusd\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael J. Melton On February 20, 2020, after hearing oral arguments in the matter of Clopton v. Cal. Pub. Util. Comm\u2019n, No. CGC-17-563082 (Cal. Super. Ct. San Francisco), Judge Ethan P. Schulman granted the CPUC\u2019s Motion for Summary Adjudication <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2020\/03\/27\/san-francisco-superior-court-grants-summary-adjudication-in-favor-of-the-california-public-utilities-commission-cpuc-for-racial-discrimination-claim-but-denies-summary-judgment-for-commissioner-and\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133077,132865],"tags":[133083,133078,132867,9922,133080,132916,133081,133082,133079],"coauthors":[132864],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-litigation-public-utilities-commission","category-public-utilities-commission","tag-alj","tag-clopton","tag-cpuc","tag-litigation","tag-picker","tag-puc","tag-randolph","tag-summary-judgment","tag-whistleblower"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>San Francisco Superior Court Grants Summary Adjudication in Favor of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for Racial Discrimination Claim, but Denies Summary Judgment for Commissioner and Former President - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2020\/03\/27\/san-francisco-superior-court-grants-summary-adjudication-in-favor-of-the-california-public-utilities-commission-cpuc-for-racial-discrimination-claim-but-denies-summary-judgment-for-commissioner-and\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"San Francisco Superior Court Grants Summary Adjudication in Favor of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for Racial Discrimination Claim, but Denies Summary Judgment for Commissioner and Former President - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Michael J. 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