Camarata
Camarata v. MRI Center
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Penelope Ann Camarata appeals from summary judgment in favor of her former employer, MRI Center of Idaho, on her workers’ compensation discrimination claim under Oregon state law. We affirm.
I
Camarata’s argument that the district court erred in applying the three-part burden-shifting analysis for employment discrimination claims established by McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973), is foreclosed by Snead v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 237 F.3d 1080, 1090-93 (9th Cir.2001) (holding that when entertaining motions for summary judgment in employment discrimination cases arising under state law, federal courts sitting in diversity must apply the McDonnell Douglas framework as a federal procedural rule).
II
Even if the federal standard applies, Camarata contends that the district court ignored evidence of MRI Center’s *592 admission that it was unreasonable to expect her to report for work against the advice of her doctor, and that she was not given sufficient time to produce documentation of her doctor’s advice before she was terminated. She also argues that MRI Center did not want Camarata to file…