Ferren

MEMORANDUM **

Glenn D. Ferren appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for his former employers, the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), in his action alleging retaliation and discrimination on the basis of gender and age. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 639 (9th Cir.2003), and we affirm.

The district court did not err in granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment because Ferren’s claims were unsupported by any direct evidence that his former employer transferred him to a less desirable job location and then terminated him on the basis of his gender and age. See id. at 640 . Ferren also failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to his retaliation claim, because his employers were not aware of his alleged “whistle-blowing” activities at the time he was transferred; thus he was unable to demonstrate the reasonable inference of causation necessary for a prima facie case of retaliation. See Villiarimo v. Aloha Island Air, Inc., 281 F.3d 1054, 1065 (9th Cir.2002).

Even if Ferren had established a prima facie case of…