Copeland

MEMORANDUM *

Plaintiff Bill Copeland (“Copeland”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant Ryder 1 on Copeland’s claims that his former employer discriminated against him on the basis of age, disability and his application for workers’ compensation benefits in violation of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”). Copeland also asserts that his employment was terminated in violation of public policy, and that Ryder breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and intentionally and/or negligently caused him to suffer emotional distress. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, Hank v. JP Morgan Chase Bank USA, 552 F.3d 1114, 1117 (9th Cir.2009). We affirm.

The parties are familiar with the factual and the procedural history of the case, so we do not repeat them here.

Discrimination claims brought under California’s FEHA require that “an employee seeking to avoid summary judgment ... adduce substantial additional evidence [beyond a prima facie showing] from which a trier of fact could infer that the [employer’s] articulated reasons for the adverse…