What is the test for establishing a prima facie case in an employment discrimination action?
The following excerpt is from Worthen v. Department of Water and Power of City of Los Angeles, 993 F.2d 887 (9th Cir. 1993):
[T]he plaintiff may establish a prima facie case by introducing evidence that give[s] rise to an inference of unlawful discrimination. The burden then shifts to the employer to articulate a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the challenged action. If the employer does so, then the burden returns to the plaintiff to prove that the articulated reason is pretextual.
Sischo-Nownejad v. Merced Community College Dist., 934 F.2d 1104, 1109 (9th Cir.1991) (citations and internal quotations omitted).
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