Robert Haynes v. R.W. Selby Co. Inc.

MEMORANDUM

Robert L. Haynes appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his action alleging violations of the Fan* Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-8619 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Gamble v. City of Escondido, 104 F.3d 300, 304 (9th Cir.1997), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Haynes’s disparate treatment claim because Haynes failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants’ proffered legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for increasing his rent and evicting him were pretextual. See id. at 305 .

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Haynes’s request for further opportunity to conduct discovery. See Qualls By and Through Qualls v. Blue Cross of Cal., Inc., 22 F.3d 839, 844 (9th Cir.1994) (“We will only find that the district court abused its discretion if the mov-ant diligently pursued its previous discovery opportunities, and if the movant can show how allowing additional discovery would have precluded summary judgment.”).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Haynes’s motion for default judgment after Haynes failed to…