Felipe B. Cruz v. Les Aspin, Secretary, Department of Defense

35 F.3d 570 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Felipe B. CRUZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Les ASPIN, Secretary, Department of Defense, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-55468. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 1, 1994. Decided Sept. 9, 1994. Before: D.W. NELSON, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. MEMORANDUM ** Felipe Cruz ("Cruz") appeals the district court's dismissal of his Title VII discrimination claims against his employer, the Defense Contract Audit Agency ("DCAA" or "Agency"). Cruz, employed as a supervisory auditor (GM-13 level) at the DCAA, alleges that his advancement within the Agency repeatedly has been foiled in recent years, and that he has run into a "glass ceiling" based on his national origin (Filipino) and his race (Asian). Cruz asserts that, since 1986, he has been denied a promotion to a GM-14 position on at least eight separate occasions, and bases his present Title VII challenge on the…