Vincent Fried v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VINCENT FRIED, No. 20-15710 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:18-cv-00689-APG-BNW

WYNN LAS VEGAS, LLC,

Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 5, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed November 18, 2021

Before: Morgan Christen and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges, and Roslyn O. Silver,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Christen

* The Honorable Roslyn O. Silver, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. SUMMARY**

Employment Discrimination

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment against Vincent Fried on his claim for hostile work environment in violation of Title VII, and remanded.

The panel concluded that a reasonable factfinder could decide that Fried’s employer Wynn Las Vegas created a hostile work environment at the salon where he worked as a manicurist. To establish that he was subjected to a hostile work…