Margaret Froby v. Clark County School District

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669 F. App'x 903
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 25, 201614-16843California551 words

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MEMORANDUM

Plaintiff Margaret Froby was employed by Defendant Clark County School District (the District) as the principal for inmate classes at the Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center of the Nevada Department of Prisons (NDOP) until August 2011. She brought a Title VII sexually hostile environment claim against the District arising from the conduct of an NDOP correctional officer, Lieutenant Robert Hendrix. The district court granted summary judgment in the District’s favor. We affirm.

1. When reviewing a summary judgment ruling, “we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, determine whether there are any genuine issues of material fact, and decide whether the district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law.” Animal Legal Def. Fund v. FDA, 836 F.3d 987, 989 (9th Cir. 2016) (en banc) (per curiam). The party resisting summary judgment has the burden of producing evidence “such that a reasonable juror drawing all inferences in favor of the respondent could return a verdict in the respondent’s favor.” Reza v. Pearce, 806 F.3d 497, 505 (9th Cir. 2015) (quoting United States v. Shumway, 199 F.3d 1093, 1103-04 (9th Cir. 1999)). Under…

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