Jacqueline M. Jones, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Los Angeles Community College District, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

The Los Angeles Community College District dismissed Jacqueline Jones on the principal ground that she accepted other employment while on sick leave. Jones brought this action alleging sex discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. During the trial the district court granted Jones’s motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(b) to amend her complaint and assert an additional cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the manner of her termination deprived her of procedural due process.

The trial…