Myrna De Jesus v. Dignity Health

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 20 2024

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

MYRNA DE JESUS, No. 23-15189 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-00926-DWL v.

DIGNITY HEALTH CORPORATION, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Dominic Lanza, District Judge, Presiding Submitted September 20, 2024**

Before: BENNETT, BADE, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Myrna De Jesus, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s

summary judgment against her in her defamation lawsuit against Defendant

Dignity Health Corporation (“Dignity Health”). De Jesus performed work at St.

Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (“St. Joseph’s”), although her actual

employer was a third-party vendor, Optum360 Services, Inc. (“Optum”). De Jesus

was terminated by Optum after Dignity Health personnel told her Optum

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. **…