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1 ~--- 1\ :~. AVD J. PAL"ER DC VLLlAM B FENTO]\ DC ' ANA T EHRLCH CA 'lattorneys. 3!jmted States Department of Jl.lstlC~ T tv] Rghts DvslOn 950 Pe!]nsvlv3m2 A'\~enue NW 4 Vashmgton D.C )908 elephone: (202) acsmule: (202) ) [f 6' EBRA W YAl'G Tnlted States Attorney 7 the Central D1Strlct 0: Cahfon113 EON W WEDMAN 8 hlef Cvl D1VlSlon 00 N Los Angeles Street 9 as Angeles_ CA ryelephone: (213) to. l"tornevs for Plantff pnted Stales of Amerca -~~Q ~" - --<.- 0'> 12 V:-;TED STA ryes DSTRCT COURT 13 t41 S! CEHRAL DSTRCT OF CAL!FOR;{A 16 l;-:\lted STATES OF AMERCA CASE NO: 17 Plantff 18 l 19 :. 20 [LOS ANGELES COlDTY \METROPOLlTA\ 2 [!RANSPORTATON j\ UTHORTY Defendant. 23 lf--~----~ 24 Plantff Cntcd States of Amerca alleges: J 04~07699 COMPLA:-.'T CVL RGHTS (42 U.S.C 2000e el seq) Jt:RY TRAL DE\1A'\D ThlS acton s brought on behalf of the Gntcd States to enforce the 26 rovsons of Ttle V oftbe CV11 Rlglts Act of S amended 42 esc. 27 poooe et OJ'Q. ("Ttle V"). 28 t 2. Thls Court has jursdctlon over the acton under 42 ljs C 2000e~ 95% ;:- 22

2 l'~ A'Tl'}\:>[Y S OFr:Cr P(f) 42 u Sc. 20eOe-6(b) 28 USC (a)(3) znd J Defendanl Los Angeles County Metropoltan Transportaton ] Authorty ("MTA") S a govemmental agency of the County Of~OS Angeles 4 btablshed pursuant to the Calfomla Pubhc Uoltles Code JOOO) and Defendant MTA S a person wthn the meanng of 42 U Sc e(3) and an employer wthn the meanng of 42 1)Sc. 2000e(b) Defendant MT A has pursued and contnues to pursue polces and 9 practces that dscrmnate aganst employees and applcants for employment on to fhe bass ofrehgon n volaton of703(a) oftlle V of the Cvl Rghts Act of t 1964 as amended 42 USc. 2000e-2(a) among other ways by: 12 (a) falng or refusng reasonably to accommodate employees and applcants for employment who n accordance wth ther relgous observances practces and/or belefs need reljglous accornmodatlon because they are unable to comply wth a requrement followed by defe~dant MA that employees n lts Operatons DvslOn be avalable to work weekends on any shft at any locaton; 18 (b) falng or refusng to hre applcants for ernploymen who accol'dance wlth ther regous observances practces ancor belefs need rc]lgous accommodaton because they are unabje to comply wth a requrement followed by defendant MA that employees mls Operatons Dvson be avalable to work weekends on any shft at any locaton; and 24 (c) fallng or refusng to ta~e approprate acton to elmnate the dscrmnatory POlC1CS and practces and to remedy the effects of those polces and practces. The polces and practces of defendant MTA descrbed above 2S onsrrute a pattern or prachce of resstance to the full enjoyment by employees 2 2:3 89-'1 2535

3 " ' :1 1 ~nd apolcants for employment of equal employ;n.ent oppor~njtles w;h:oth ' "".. f ~07 '1"' \'114'. S C 2 1~!scrmnat10n on the b2s1s ofrel:glot m vlolatjon 0 O ltlc ' - L;.. 3 l~ 2000c-6. Unless res:ralned by an order of th:s Court defendant ;V1T A wll " ~ontmue to pursue polces and prances that are the same as or smlar to those 5 Fleged n ths Complant Defencant!vlTA has dscrmnated aganst Hero)' Asher who was 7 ;bmployed as a Bus Operator Tranee 2.t the lvlta on the bass of hls relglon 8 1!~ewSh n volaton of 703(a) oft'le V! of the Cvl Rghts Act of 1964 as 9 'pmended 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a) among other ways by: JO J 12 (a) (b) fallng or refusjng reasonably to acc0l1u11odate :\1r. Asher's relgous observance practce and/or belef of observng the Sabbath from suncov.'t1 on Fnday l.!ntl sundown on Saturday; termnatng \-h. Asher's employment because of hs relgous observance practce andjor be1ef of observng the Sabbath from sundown on Frday uno] sundown on Saturday; and (c) falng or refusng (0 fake appropnate acton to remedy the effects of the dscrmma:ory tteatment aganst :\1r. Asher. 8 The Equal Employment Opportumty Commsson ("EEOC") recclved :9:f tmely charge fled by~1r Asher (Charge No ) " whch he alleged 20 Jhat he had been dscrmnated Jganst n errployment because of hs reljp.:lod by - 21 defendau MTA. Pursuant to 706 of Ttle V 42 USC 2000e-5 the EEOC 12 ~nvestgated the charge 3ld found reasonable cause to beleve that defendant MTA 23 blscrmnated agamst :Vr. Asher based on hs relgon. The EEOC further found 2 1 reasonable cause 10 beljeve that defendant :.-vta has and contnues to engage n a 25 ~a[[ern or practce of dlscnn:maton aganst employees and applc;mts for 261~mpl0yment based on rcllgon. The EEOC attempted unsuccessfully to ache\'c : 27!1hrough conclaton a voluntary resoluton of the matter and subsequently 2g refe;rcd the charge to the Department of JUSllCC. 3

4 ' :1 2 :~a\'e occurred. 9. All cond1tlods precedent to the fl;:g of sut have been pcrforrr~ed O ] l WHEREFORE plantff Cl1ted States prays that ths Court grant the. f 4 rollowmg rebe : 5 (3) 6 d s 91' 10 1! l 12 '/ n: ~! ]~ ' 1 : j! :6 ;' ]7 :/ ::. } ~!:.- 28 (b) Enjon defendant MA ts offcers agents employees successors a11d all persons n actve partcpatlod wth them [Tom dlscrmnatng on the basls ofrcl!gon and specfcally from fallng or refusng to: () () (1lJ) (V) provde reasonable accorrnnodaton to employees who n accordance wth ther relgous observances practces andjor belefs requre accommodaton because they are unabje to comply wth the requrement followed by defendant MT A that employees n ts Operatons Dvson be avalabje to work v.:eekends on any shft at any locaton; provde equal employment opportuntes to apphcants for employnent who m accordance wth ther relgjous observances practces and/or belefs requre reasonable accommodatjoo because they are unabje to corr:ply \vth the requrement followed by defendant vlt A that employees n ts Operatons Dvlson be ayajlabje to work weekends on any shn at :my Deaton; adopt a polley dcslgned reasonably to accommodate the rejgous observances practces and belefs of defendant MTA's employees and applcants for employment who requre relgous accommodaton; and take other appropnate nondlscnmmatory measures to overcome the effects of the dscrmna[jod. Provde make-whole remedal rebef ncludng backpay wth nterest nghtful place employment and accompanyng benefts ncludng 4

5 "'~'''_''--l " cq"'_l 0(-6.~ '- ~~- -~retroactlve semon!)' to compc;1sme ndvdual vctms who h3ve suffered loss as a result oftbe 'JnawfJl employment polces and practces of defendant 11A alleged n ths Complamt; and (c) Provde make whole remedal rehef to Henry Asher ncludng ). Sl 9' :0 : ) (d) backpay wlth nterest tghtful place emplo)went and accompanyng benefts l;c1udng retroactve senorty to compensate hm for the loss he has sdfered as a result of defendant ~1T A's dscnmmatory conduct alleged n ths Complant; and Award damages to Henry Asher to fully compensate hm for pan and sufferng caused by defendant ;"lta's dscrmmatory conduct alleged n thls Compla:nr pursuant to and wthn the statutory lmtatons of Seclon 102 of the Cvl Rghts AC of USc. 1981a. 13 jl PJamtJffCnred Stales preys for such addtonal relefasjustce may requre! :j "cogcrher wth ts costs and dsbursements n ths acton. )5 ~!// j '6 '! / j " ~ 7 W /! ; s /./ / 19/1' 20 'V 21 r / 22 r 2' o!! / / 24 ~V J 2s/f / 26 V!! 27 28/ / / ( /) 5 p 25

6 h! WRY DEMAl'l J The ented Slates hereby demands a tral by JUry of all lssues so tylotc 3 :p~rsu'~t t~ Rule 38 oflhe Federal Rules CfoCVl Procedure and Secton 102 oftbe 4 1~.vJ R~gh.s Act of USC H! ' ; :3 : )~ 15! ) :7 : rr 20 : 21 By: By: JOHN ASHCROFT Attorney General R ALEXANDER ACOSTA Assstant Attorney General Cvl Rghts Dvson WLLAVl B. FEN ro:'j Deputy Chef ANA T EHRLCH Attorney EMPLOYMENT LTGA TlON SECTON Cvl Rghts Dvson U.S Department of lustce / n "4 "- :5:1 2d / 6 2: