Opinion ID: 29749
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: James Pastor

Text: Mr. Pastor alleges that while he was working for CSISD, his co-workers subjected him to discrimination based on his national origin. As examples, Mr. Pastor alleges that: (1) a co-worker, David Bewley,1 interfered with Mr. Pastor’s use of a radio ; (2) both Mr. Pastor and his wife, Ms. Pastor remained temporary employees for five years, while CSISD moved others to permanent status in a shorter period of time;2 (3) the Pastors were not allowed to go into the maintenance work area with other employees; (4) Mr. Pastor’s disciplinary write-ups differed from other CSISD employee 1 Mr. Pastor claims that the same co-worker commented to him: “why don’t you go back to f---ing New York?” Mr. Pastor contends that this comment was racially motivated because: “I’m from New York, and with Texans, as I understand it, a lot of people don’t like New Yorkers. I’m also Latin. I felt they didn’t like Latins.” R. at 205. 2 Mr. Pastor could not cite any examples of who had been promoted more quickly than he and his wife. R. at 200-01. 2 disciplinary write-ups;3 and (5) the Pastors were the only Latinos in the maintenance department at CSISD. While employed by CSISD, Mr. Pastor received three disciplinary write-ups for violating District policy. First, on February 23, 2000, the Pastors’ supervisor, Royce Thomas, disciplined Mr. Pastor for leaving work on personal business without notifying a supervisor or “punching out” on the time clock, as required by District policy. CSISD brought a disciplinary action against Mr. Pastor again on March 28, 2000, when Mr. Pastor failed to complete a task as directed. On May 17, 2000, Thomas brought a disciplinary action against Mr. Pastor for a third time for disobeying instructions to not talk to or interfere with an outside contractor’s employees who were working at one of the CSISD campuses. CSISD terminated Mr. Pastor’s employment after this third incident, citing Mr. Pastor’s multiple disciplinary actions. After terminating Mr. Pastor’s employment, and during Ms. Pastor’s medical leave from work, CSISD hired a 49 year-old African-American male, and a 44 yearold white female.