Timothy Beuca v. Washington State University

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 18 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TIMOTHY P. BEUCA, No. 23-35395

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:23-cv-00069-TOR

v.

MEMORANDUM*

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY;

JOHN AND JANE 1-10,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Thomas O. Rice, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 11, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Timothy Beuca appeals the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of his

Title VII and Washington Law Against Discrimination (“WLAD”) claims against

his former employer Washington State University (“WSU”). The district court

found that Beuca failed to plausibly plead his claims’ basic elements and that WSU

successfully established an undue hardship affirmative defense. As a result, the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. district court dismissed Beuca’s…