Li

MEMORANDUM **

In July 2000, Plaintiff James Li, an Asian-American, applied for the entry-level Deputy Public Defender I (“DPD I”) position with the Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender. Li took a Civil Service Examination (“CSE”) in conjunction with his application, but was ultimately not hired for the position. Li subsequently sued the County of Los Angeles and his CSE examiners (the “Defendants”) under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3) alleging race discrimination in hiring in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of the Defendants on all counts. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

*643 A district court’s grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo. Walker v. City of Lakewood, 272 F.3d 1114,1122 (9th Cir.2001). We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party in determining whether there are any genuine issues of material fact and whether the district court correctly applied the relevant law. Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir.2000).

I.

Li’s first claim is that the Defendants engaged in…