Brooks

Brooks v. Nicholson

Good Law
249 F. App'x 515
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 27, 2007No. 06-55354California286 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Annie Brooks appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Department of Veterans Affairs in her Title VII action alleging gender discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Moran v. Selig, 447 F.3d 748, 754 (9th Cir.2006), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment to the defendant on *516 Brooks’s discrimination and retaliation claims because Brooks did not raise a triable issue of fact concerning pretext. See Dominguez-Curry v. Nevada Transp. Dep’t, 424 F.3d 1027, 1037 (9th Cir.2005) (explaining that a plaintiff “must produce sufficient evidence to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the employer’s proffered nondiscriminatory reason is merely a pretext for discrimination.”); see also Moran, 447 F.3d at 759 (holding that unverified complaints “cannot be considered as evidence at the summary judgment stage”); Orr v. Bank of America, NT & SA, 285 F.3d 764, 773 (9th Cir.2002) (holding that unauthenticated documents cannot be considered at summary judgment).

The district court properly granted summary judgment to…

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