Phillips

MEMORANDUM **

Shawn Phillips alleges that the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) discriminated against him on the basis of race and ethnicity in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Phillips appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City in which the court found that the LAFD had no knowledge of Phillips’ race and therefore could not have discriminated against Phillips on that basis. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

A plaintiff lacking direct evidence of discrimination must produce “specific and substantial” evidence showing that an adverse employment action was likely motivated by an impermissible motive, Coghlan v. Am. Seafoods Co., 413 F.3d 1090, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2005), or that the employer’s stated reason is “unworthy of credence,” Godwin v. Hunt Wesson, Inc., 150 F.3d 1217, 1222 (9th Cir.1998). Phillips cannot show that the LAFD considered Phillips’ race in the hiring process. He also cannot show that other applicants were preferred on the basis of their race. Thus, Phillips has faded…