The following excerpt is from Velasquez v. Constellation Brands US Operations, Inc., Case No. 1:18-cv-00364-SAB (E.D. Cal. 2019):
"If the employer takes an adverse action based on a good faith belief that an employee engaged in misconduct, then the employer has acted because of perceived misconduct, not because of protected status or activity," and "[t]he relevant inquiry is whether the [employer] believed [the employee] was guilty of the conduct justifying discharge." Joaquin v. City of Los
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