Sasser
Sasser v. West Coast Beauty Supply
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Appellants Diane Sasser, Jessica LaBonte-Souza, Vickie Leff, and Leanna Thomas sued their employer, West Coast Beauty Supply, and two of its managers, claiming that they were harassed and discriminated against on the basis of sex and on the basis of pregnancy, in violation of Title VII and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. The district court, as relevant to this appeal, granted Appellee’s motion for summary judgment as to all of the harassment claims and all but one of the discrimination claims. Appellants argue: (1) that they present triable issues of fact as to harassment; (2) that Thomas’s discrimination claim was timely; and (3) that sufficient evidence supported LaBonte-Souza’s retaliation claim.
We review a district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, and apply the same legal standard used by the district court under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). 1 We determine whether, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial. 2 We conclude that there is none, as to any of Appellants’ claims.
First, Appellants failed to present a genuine issue of material fact as to whether they…