>THOMPSON v. >MONROVIA >

>

>

>















Filed 6/17/10 Certified for publication 7/14/10 (order attached)















IN
THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA



SECOND
APPELLATE DISTRICT



DIVISION
EIGHT




>

MATTHEW DONALD THOMPSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF MONROVIA, Defendant and Respondent.

B216252 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC387564)

APPEAL from
the judgment of the Superior Court
of Los Angeles
County. Rolf M. Treu, Judge. Affirmed.



Law Offices
of Leo James Terrell and Leo James Terrell for Plaintiff and Appellant.



Liebert
Cassidy Whitmore, J. Scott Tiedemann and Judith S. Islas for Defendant and
Respondent.







Appellant Matthew Donald
Thompson (Thompson) is a white police officer who has been employed by the City
of Monrovia Police Department (Department) since 1997. In 2008, he sued the Department for harassment and hostile
work environment arising from offensive remarks and behavior directed at an
African American colleague, retaliation for Thompson's reports of the misconduct, and failure to investigate
his claims of harassment and retaliation.
The trial court granted the Department's motion for summary
judgment. We affirm.



>STANDARD OF REVIEW

Summary judgment is granted when a
moving party establishes the right to the entry of judgment as a matter of
law. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (c).) On appeal, â€