Benjamin L. Anderson v. Loma Linda Community Hospital, Loma Linda University Medical Center

996 F.2d 1223 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Benjamin L. ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOMA LINDA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-56331. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 8, 1993. * Decided June 16, 1993. Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Benjamin L. Anderson sued his hospital/employer under Title VII and federal civil rights statutes, alleging racial and religious discrimination and unlawful retaliation. He now appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We affirm the district court. I. FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS 3 In 1974 Loma Linda Community Hospital (LLCH), a Seventh Day Adventist hospital, hired Anderson, who is black, as Director of the Respiratory Therapy Department. He worked uneventfully in that position until mid-1987, when Anderson's superiors began receiving complaints about…