Steven Aquino v. Alejandro Mayorkas

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 3 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEVEN AQUINO, No. 20-55783

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-10489-CJC-SS v.

ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, Secretary, MEMORANDUM* Department of Homeland Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 10, 2021* Pasadena, California

Before: BERZON and BEA, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT,** District Judge. Concurrence by Judge BERZON

Appellant Steven Aquino (“Aquino”) appeals the district court’s grant of

summary judgment for Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of

Homeland Security, in his Title VII employment discrimination action. We have

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Richard D. Bennett, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation. jurisdiction…