John Rivera v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation

331 F.3d 1074 John RIVERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION; Richard Carney; Larry Mahon; Angel Acevedo; Carlos Hernandez; John Fallowfield; Doug Demming; Tom Mahr, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-16232. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 9, 2002. Filed June 10, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED John C. Elstead, Elstead Law Firm, Pleasanton, CA, Stuart B. Esner (briefed) and Andrew N. Chang (argued), Esner & Chang, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Kathy M. Banke (argued), Ben Shatz (briefed), Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Oakland, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Susan Yvonne Illston, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-04003-SI. Before BALDOCK, * KLEINFELD and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge. 1 Plaintiff John Rivera ("Rivera") appeals from two orders of the district court, one granting in part defendants' motion to dismiss and the other granting in full defendants' motion for summary judgment. Rivera maintains that: (1) the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor…