Collins

Collins v. Henderson

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22 F. App'x 865
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 14, 2001No. 00-16661; D.C. No. CV-98-04428-WHOCalifornia271 words

Opinion

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MEMORANDUM **

Michael Collins appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Postmaster General William Henderson and the United States Postal Service (collectively, “USPS”). Collins brought employment discrimination claims under the Rehabilitation Act (RA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 791 et seq., the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. We affirm.

Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural background, we recite the facts only as relevant to the following analysis. The district court held both that Collins failed to identify any genuine issues of material fact for trial and that Collins had not, as a matter of law, identified any adverse employment action necessary to support his causes of action under the RA and ADEA.

We review Collins’s three oppositions, his affidavit, and his Statement of Disputed Facts de novo and in the light most favorable to Collins. See Clicks Billiards Inc. v. Sixshooters Inc., 251 F.3d 1252, 1257 (9th Cir.2001). Doing so discloses no evidence sufficient to survive summary judgment. We additionally reject Collins’s charge that the district…

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