Pasatiempo

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff Ralph Pasatiempo appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant Gordon R. England, the Secretary of the Navy (“the Navy” or “defendant”), on Pasatiempo’s claim of disability discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 791 -796Z.

1. Summary Judgment on Pasatiempo’s Rehabilitation Act Claim

Pasatiempo argues that defendant did not reasonably accommodate his disability because defendant did not engage in the interactive process in good faith. In determining whether a reasonable accommodation exists, the employer must engage in an interactive process with the employee if the employee requests an accommodation or the employer recognizes the need for an accommodation. Zivkovic v. So. Cal. Edison Co., 302 F.3d 1080, 1089 (9th Cir.2002); Humphrey v. Mem’l Hosp. Ass’n, 239 F.3d 1128, 1137 (9th Cir.2001); Barnett v. U.S. Air, Inc., 228 F.3d 1105, 1111-12 (9th Cir.2000)(en banc), vacated on other grounds, 535 U.S. 391 , 122 S.Ct. 1516 , 152 L.Ed.2d 589 (2002). “The inter- *796 active process requires communication and good-faith exploration of possible accommodations between employers and individual employees, and neither…