Walker
Walker v. Value Options, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Linda Walker appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment in favor of ValueOptions, Inc. (‘ValueOptions”), in her discrimination action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(l). 1 Walker contends that she was denied a promotion for which she was qualified due to discrimination based on her race, gender and/or age. Walker is an African-American woman who was over 40 years old when she sought the pro *206 motion. The district court found that ValueOptions established a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for not promoting Walker and that Walker produced no evidence that ValueOptions’ stated reason was pretextual. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm the district court.
Even if Walker presented sufficient evidence of her qualification for the position to establish a prima facie case, see Lyons v. England, 307 F.3d 1092, 1112 (9th Cir. 2002) (citing McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973)), summary judgment was still appropriate. Walker failed to produce sufficient direct or specific and substantial circumstantial evidence that ValueOptions’…