Bryant M. Lewis v. Andrew C. Hove, Jr., Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

53 F.3d 338 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Bryant M. LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Andrew C. HOVE, Jr., Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16572. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 16, 1995. Decided April 28, 1995. Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * I. 2 Bryant Lewis applied to be a bank examiner trainee with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 1987, 1988, and 1989. In this action, Lewis claims that the FDIC's refusal to hire him in those years violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e et seq., and the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 794 . Specifically, he claims that the FDIC refused to hire him in retaliation for his previous filing of complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on account of his religious beliefs, and…