Is a clerk-typist allowed to apply for a police officer's job if she is pregnant?

In arguing that such a rule is clearly established, Perez relies on our decision in Thorne v. City of El Segundo , 726 F.2d 459 (9th Cir. 1983). Thorne involved a clerk-typist in a police department who applied to become a police officer. Id. at 462. The examination consisted of written and oral tests, followed by psychological and polygraph testing and a background investigation. Id. Before taking the polygraph test, the applicant reported on a questionnaire that she had been pregnant and had suffered a miscarriage. Id. The

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