Onome Onokohwomo v. Sterling Jewelers, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 23 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ONOME ONOKOHWOMO, an individual, No. 21-55311

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-00261-CJC-SK v.

STERLING JEWELERS, INC., DBA Kay MEMORANDUM* Jewelers, a Delaware corporation; ARNULFO DIAZ; DOES, 2 through 20, inclusive,

Defendants-Appellees.

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

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: BERZON and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN,** District Judge.

Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge KORMAN.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. Onome Onokohwomo appeals the district court’s grant of summary

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