Carolyn Sanford v. Landmark Protection, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

Carolyn R. Sanford appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in her employment action alleging retaliation and discrimination in violation of Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), and the Americans with Disability Act (“ADA”), as well as state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 639 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Sanford’s retaliation claim because the court correctly concluded that Sanford’s signing of a blank form did not constitute an adverse employment action, and because Sanford failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Landmark Protection’s legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for its adverse employment actions, including the delay in Sanford’s vacation pay and her discharge, were pretextual. See Vasquez, 349 F.3d at 646 (defining “adverse employment action”); Stegall v. Citadel Broad. Co., 350 F.3d 1061, 1065-66, 1070 (9th Cir. 2004) (listing elements of a retaliation claim and explaining that circumstantial evidence of pretext must be specific and…