Henry Ekweani v. Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

Henry Ekweani and Ijeamaka Ekweani appeal pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in their action against Mr. Ekweani’s former employer. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s grant of summary judgment. Surrell v. Cal. Water Serv. Co., 518 F.3d 1097, 1103 (9th Cir.2008). We review for an abuse of discretion a district court’s denial of a motion for reconsideration. MacDonald v. Grace Church Seattle, 457 F.3d 1079, 1081 (9th Cir.2006). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Mr. Ekweani’s retaliation and disparate treatment claims because Mr. Ekweani failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether his complaint about Ameriprise’s use of subjective and unfair factors in employment decisions constituted protected activity, and as to whether Ameriprise’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for its adverse employment actions were pretex-tual. See Surrell, 518 F.3d at 1105-06, 1108 .

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Mr. Ekweani’s motion for reconsideration of the order granting summary judgment on his retaliation and disparate treatment claims…