Grady Michael Stroman v. West Coast Grocery Company

19 F.3d 29 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Grady Michael STROMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEST COAST GROCERY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-36623. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 1, 1994. Decided Feb. 23, 1994. Before: GOODWIN, SCHROEDER, AND NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 From 1981 to 1985, appellant Stroman worked for the West Coast Grocery Company ("WCG"). After voluntarily leaving WCG's employ in 1985, Stroman sued WCG for having refused to promote him to a supervisory position because of his race. Although Stroman prevailed on his racial discrimination claim in district court, he lost on appeal because of a settlement agreement he entered into when he left WCG. See Stroman v. West Coast Grocery Co., 884 F.2d 458, 461 (9th Cir.1989). 3 In 1991, Stroman applied to be rehired by WCG. He was not. He then filed this suit claiming that WCG refused to rehire him because of his race in violation of Title…