Jose Martinez v. Superior Linen

MEMORANDUM

Jose Pablo Martinez petitions pro se for review of a final order of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) in the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer dismissing Martinez’s complaint alleging unfair immigration-related employment discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(i)(1). We review de novo the ALJ’s conclusions of law and for substantial evidence the ALJ’s findings of fact. Mester Mfg. Co. v. INS, 879 F.2d 561, 565 (9th Cir.1989). We deny the petition for review.

The ALJ correctly granted a summary decision as to Martinez’s claims of discriminatory and retaliatory discharge because Martinez failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact regarding whether Superi- or Linen’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory, and nonretaliatory reasons for discharging him were pretextual and whether a causal link existed between his protected activity and his subsequent discharge. See Villegas-Valenzuela v. INS, 103 F.3d 805 , 812 (9th Cir.1996) (setting forth the standard for summary decision); see also Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles, 849 F.3d 634, 641 (9th…