Richards

MEMORANDUM **

Jack Richards (“Richards”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, Seattle Firefighters Pension Board (“Board”), on two claims arising from his termination: (1) age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”); and (2) retaliation in violation of the ADEA.

The district court determined that Richards established a prima facie case of discrimination, but failed to present evidence, direct or circumstantial, that the Board’s proffered reason for terminating him was false or that the true reason for his termination was a discriminatory one. With regard to Richards’ retaliation claim, the district court found that even if Richards raised an inference of retaliation, Richards failed to demonstrate that the Board’s proffered reason for his termination was pretext.

Richards contends that the district court erred in finding that he failed to provide sufficient evidence of pretext on both the discrimination and retaliation claims. Furthermore, Richards argues that the district court failed to view the evidence presented in the light most favorable to him, the nonmovant. We affirm because we…