Fouladi
Fouladi v. City of Tucson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*486 MEMORANDUM **
Roya Fouladi appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment against her in her action against the City of Tucson and a number of individual employees of the City 1 for alleged retaliation, sex discrimination, and various torts. We affirm.
The long and the short of this case is that Fouladi, a probationary employee with a negative attitude 2 who lasted about three months into her probationary period, did not present sufficient facts to allow a reasonable jury to hold in her favor on any of her claims. See Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248-50 , 106 S.Ct. 2505, 2510-11 , 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986); Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 586-87 , 106 S.Ct. 1348, 1356 , 89 L.Ed.2d 538 (1986); Ray v. Henderson, 217 F.3d 1234, 1239-40 (9th Cir.2000); United States ex rel. Anderson v. N. Telecom, Inc., 52 F.3d 810, 815 (9th Cir.1995); Cal. Architectural Bldg. Prods., Inc. v. Franciscan Ceramics, Inc., 818 F.2d 1466 , 1468 (9th Cir.1987).
In particular:
(1) Fouladi failed to show that her First Amendment rights were violated. There was insufficient evidence that her alleged speech about allegedly illegal activities…