Dodge
Dodge v. Johnson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
This action arises out of the sale of a piece of property, the Dodge City Inn (the “Property”), which was formerly owned by Dodge and her family but acquired by trustee’s deed through a non-judicial foreclosure by a predecessor to Washington Mutual Bank in 1998. In a prior appeal, this court affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Washington Mutual and its Chief Operating Officer Kerry Killinger. Dodge v. Johnson, 41 Fed.Appx. 138 , 2002 WL 1491890 (9th Cir. 2002). Today we affirm the district court’s disposal of Dodge’s remaining claims against the remaining defendants.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Dodge’s equal protection claim. Dodge presented no evi *406 dence (beyond sheer allegations) that the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (“SHRA”) or defendant Johnson acted with discriminatory intent, and Dodge was not similarly situated to Cyrus Youseffi, the successful loan applicant and bidder. Kawaoka v. City of Arroyo Grande, 17 F.3d 1227, 1239-40 (9th Cir. 1994) (to invoke strict scrutiny, claimant must demonstrate intentional discrimination on the basis of race). Indeed, Dodge did not even apply for a loan…