Nora Lavery-Petrash v. Catholic Healthcare West

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670 F. App'x 586
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 7, 201615-16759California431 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Nora Lavery-Petrash appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in her employment action alleging retaliation and discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), Title VII, and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Cotton v. City of Alameda, 812 F.2d 1245, 1247 (9th Cir. 1987), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Lavery-Petrash’s age discrimination claims because Lavery-Pe-trash failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether she was discriminated against on the basis of her age. See id. at 1248 (prima facie elements of age discrimination claim under ADEA); Guz v. Bechtel Nat'l., Inc., 24 Cal.4th 317 , 100 Cal.Rptr.2d 352 , 8 P.3d 1089, 1113 (2000) (prima facie elements of age discrimination claim under FEHA).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Lavery-Petrash’s sex discrimination claims because Lavery-Pe-trash failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant’s legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons for not allowing her to perform certain…

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