Legal Opinion
Batacan v. Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2007No. 05-15714Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
Elaine Batacan appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Reliant”). Batacan also appeals the district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law on her common-law claim, as well as the district court’s denial of her motion to compel discovery. Reliant terminated Batacan from her job as a sales representative while she was on pregnancy-related leave. Reliant claims that Batacan was laid off as part of a company-wide reduction in force, but Batacan contends that she was discriminated against for taking maternity and…
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