The following excerpt is from Orr v. Cal. Highway Patrol, CIV. NO. 2:14-585 WBS EFB (E.D. Cal. 2015):
demonstrate discriminatory intent. Venegas v. County of Los Angeles, 32 Cal. 4th 820, 843 (2004) (holding that "plaintiffs need not allege that defendants acted with discriminatory animus or intent, so long as those acts were accompanied by the requisite threats, intimidation, or coercion"). The court's instruction to the jury closely tracked the statute. (See Jury Instruction No. 20.)
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