Frank Cerrato v. San Francisco Community College District

Opinion by Judge REINHARDT.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves a civil-rights suit by plaintiff-appellant Frank Cerrato, a white mathematics professor at San Francisco Community College (“SFCC”) who had applied for — and was denied — an appointment to Dean I of Instruction. Cerrato contends that the SFCC district, chancellor, and board 1 illegally discriminated against him by hiring Bennett Tom, an Asian-American administrator, for that position. Cerrato also contends that Tom illegally discriminated against him by tampering with the job requirements for Dean I of…