Sagers v. Panchanathan

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Cynthia Sagers, No. CV-21-00294-PHX-DWL 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 Arizona State University, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 INTRODUCTION 16 In July 2018, Dr. Cynthia Sagers (“Dr. Sagers”) was hired by Arizona State 17 University (“ASU”) as a vice president of research, at an annual salary of $275,000. (Doc. 18 17 ¶ 10.) Her direct supervisor was Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan (“Dr. Panchanathan”). 19 (Id. ¶ 11.) 20 In this action, Dr. Sagers alleges that she raised a grievance with ASU’s human 21 resources…