FRESNO, Calif. — A former coach and instructor at Fresno City College filed a lawsuit against the State Center Community College District’s chancellor, Carole Goldsmith. It’s part of mounting criticism against Goldsmith, who has faced recent pressure to step down.
Plaintiff Ed Madec, a former tenured professor and basketball coach at the community college, is alleging Goldsmith and a campus police officer, Callie Olivas, orchestrated arrests that tarnished his career and ultimately led to his dismissal.
“The conduct of Goldsmith and Olivas showed an illegal motive and intent as well as a reckless or callous indifference to the plaintiff’s federally protected rights,” states the lawsuit, filed in October in Fresno County Superior Court. “Goldsmith and Olivas acted with malice, oppression, and fraud in seeking to violate Madec’s Fourth Amendment rights.”…