Auld

MEMORANDUM **

Gloria Auld appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment in favor of her employer, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), in her Title VII action alleging racial discrimination and retaliation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Devereaux v. Abbey, 263 F.3d 1070, 1074 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Auld’s discrimination claim under Title VII because Auld failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the IRS’s failure to follow up on Auld’s lateral transfer request was due to a discriminatory motive and not a consequence of Auld cancelling, and not rescheduling, a meeting with her superior to discuss transfer request. See Aragon v. Republic Silver State Disposal, Inc., 292 F.3d 654, 658-59 (9th Cir.2002).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Auld’s retaliation claim under Title VII because Auld failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether there was a causal link between the IRS’s actions and any protected activity, see Villiarimo v. Aloha Island Air, Inc., 281 F.3d 1054, 1064-65 (9th Cir.2002), or whether…