Lama

MEMORANDUM **

George Ram Lama appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his Title VII action alleging that his former employer, Fred Meyer, Inc., discriminated against him based on his national origin and age, and retaliated against him for complaining about harassment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Buono v. Norton, 371 F.3d 543, 545 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Lama’s claims of retaliation and discrimination based on his national origin because these claims were considered and rejected in a prior action for failure to establish a prima facie case. See Western Radio Servs. Co. v. Glickman, 123 F.3d 1189 , 1192 (9th Cir.1997) (doctrine of res judicata bars a claim where there is an identity of claims, an identity of parties, and a final judgment on the merits).

The district court properly dismissed Lama’s claim of age discrimination because Lama could have raised that claim in his prior action. See Gregory v. Widnall, 153 F.3d 1071, 1074 (9th Cir.1998) (per curiam) (barring under res judicata “all grounds for recovery which could have been asserted, whether they were or not, in a prior…