Ardalan
Ardalan v. Monterey Institute of International Studies
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Ferial Karen Ardalan appeals pro se the district court’s partial dismissal and partial summary judgment in favor of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (“MUS”) and several employees and officers (“individual defendants”), in this action alleging gender, age, race and national origin discrimination and other civil rights violations arising from MIIS’s refusal to hire Ardalan as a project manager or curriculum developer. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim, Barnett v. Centoni 31 F.3d 813, 816 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam), and grant of summary judgment, id. at 815 . We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Ardalan’s claims under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) against the individual defendants. See Miller v. Maxwell’s Int’l, Inc., 991 F.2d 583, 587-88 (9th Cir.1993) (individual employees cannot be held liable for damages under Title VII and ADEA).
The district court properly dismissed Ardalan’s First and Fourteenth Amendment claims brought under 42 *538 U.S.C. § 1983 , because she did not allege facts showing state action or…