Solis

MEMORANDUM ***

Mireya Solis, et al., and other similarly situated individuals (collectively “Solis” or “plaintiff’), appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Rita Saenz, director of California Department of Social Services, and third-party defendant Ann Veneman, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). Solis contends that the district court erred when it deferred to the Secretary’s interpretation of the date on which it must afford food stamps benefits to applicants utilizing the new vehicle equity amendment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 .

We review de novo the district court’s decision to grant summary judgment. Padfield v. AIG Life Ins. Co., 290 F.3d 1121, 1124 (9th Cir.2002). Our review is governed by the same standards used by the trial court under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c). Delta Savings Bank v. United States, 265 F.3d 1017, 1021 (9th Cir.2001) (citations omitted). We must determine, viewing the evidence in the light *119 most favorable to the nonmoving party, whether there are any genuine issues of material fact, and whether the district court applied the relevant substantive law.…