Raymundo Rodriguez v. City of Colton

MEMORANDUM

Plaintiffs Raymond Rodriguez and Adriel Guitron (“Plaintiffs”) appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants City of Colton (the “City”) and Eric Fraser (“Fraser”) (together, “Defendants”) on their employment discrimination and retaliation claims. Because the facts and procedural history are familiar to the parties, we do not recite them here, except as necessary to explain our disposition. Although no separate order was entered on the docket below as required, see Fed. R.Civ.P. 58, the summary judgment order was nevertheless a final judgment for purposes of our jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . See Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis, 435 U.S. 381, 387-88 , 98 S.Ct. 1117 , 55 L.Ed.2d 357 (1978); Bravo v. City of Santa Maria, 665 F.3d 1076 , 1089 n. 5 (9th Cir.2011). We review a grant of summary judgment de novo. Wood v. Beauclair, 692 F.3d 1041, 1045 (9th Cir.2012).

1. Under the framework established in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973), once Defendants produced a legitimate, nondiscriminatory explanation for its actions, the burden shifted to Plaintiffs to show that…