Joy Walden v. James D. Watkins, Secretary of United States Department of Energy

95 F.3d 1160 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Joy WALDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James D. WATKINS, Secretary of United States Department of Energy, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-36146. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1996. Decided Aug. 21, 1996. 1 Before: HALL and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and RAFEEDIE, District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** OVERVIEW 3 Joy Walden (Walden) brought suit against the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), an agency in the Department of Energy, claiming that: 1) BPA had discriminated against her when it established her pay grade at a lower level than similarly situated males and had applied stricter standards for the advancement of women; and 2) BPA had retaliated against her for filing a sex discrimination complaint by denying her a monetary award for a money saving suggestion she made and by admonishing her for personal use of an office computer. The district court granted summary judgment in…