Duane Love v. State of California Department of General Services

81 F.3d 169 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Duane LOVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA; Department of General Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-15032. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 13, 1996. Decided April 4, 1996. Before: THOMPSON, KLEINFELD and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Duane Love appeals the district court's judgment denying him relief under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. We have jurisdiction over this appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 3 Following an eight-day bench trial the district court ruled that Love, who is African-American, failed to prove that his termination from the California State Police (CSP) was due to his race or was in retaliation for Love's filing of a discrimination complaint. The district court further held Love had been a victim of a hostile working environment but denied him relief because…