Former Basketball Coach Sues over California Labor Law Violations

Plumas County, CA A former teacher and basketball coach in Plumas County, California, has filed a lawsuit claiming school officials violated California labor law and discriminated against him because he is American Indian, the Sacramento Bee reports.

In the lawsuit, Jerald Clinton Eaglesmith claimed that the school officials created a work environment that was hostile and tried to take away his equal protection rights according to the law.

According to the news provider, the majority of the alleged indiscretions came during Eaglesmith's tenure as Quincy High School's head basketball coach. The suit contends that Superintendent Glenn Harris and other school officials discriminated against him and actively worked to "eliminate" him from the basketball program.

The lawsuit, which was filed in California's Eastern District of the US District Court, also names an assistant superintendent, a principal and four other officials, the news source said.

The town of Quincy, California, which is where the high school is located, is the county seat of Plumas County.