Nev A. Gokcen v. Bruce Babbitt, , in His Official Capacity as Secretary of United States Department of the Interior

999 F.2d 542 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Nev A. GOKCEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bruce BABBITT, * , in his official capacity as Secretary of United States Department of the Interior, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-35418. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 17, 1992. Decided July 27, 1993. Before BEEZER, NOONAN and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 Nev A. Gokcen appeals the dismissal of his claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 633a. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 2 * Budget reductions caused the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines, to reevaluate the scope of its research efforts. The Bureau believed thermodynamics research was better suited to academia and eliminated its Thermodynamics Research Section, which included Gokcen's position. Gokcen accepted a lower-paying position within the Bureau. 3 Before closing the Section, the Bureau considered…