Foster

Foster v. Principi

Good Law
58 F. App'x 356
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 13, 2003No. 02-16510; D.C. No. CV-01-02962-SICalifornia413 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Ida M. Foster appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in Foster’s action alleging employment discrimination on the basis of sex, race and age in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, see Wallis v. J.R. Simplot Co., 26 F.3d 885, 888 (9th Cir.1994), and we affirm.

Summary judgment was proper because Foster failed to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the advice she received regarding her early retirement constituted an adverse employment action by her employer and whether others who were similarly situated and not within her protected class were treated more favorably than she was. See McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973).

Foster similarly failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether she was constructively discharged, see Bergene v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, 272 F.3d 1136, 1143-44 (9th Cir.2001), whether there was a pattern and practice of discrimination in the Department of…

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