Knadler

MEMORANDUM **

Johnny D. Knadler, an attorney, filed this action against his former employer, the Furth Firm, and a partner in the firm, Ben Furth, alleging that he was the victim of racial and sexual discrimination. The *663 district court granted summary judgment for the defendants basically finding that Knadler had failed to overcome the same actor inference and had failed to show that his treatment by the defendants was based on a racial or sexual bias. Knadler filed a timely appeal from that order. The district court subsequently denied the defendants’ motion for attorneys’ fees but granted defendants costs. Knadler also filed a timely appeal from that order. We affirm.

We review a district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Buono v. Norton, 371 F.3d 543, 545 (9th Cir.2004). We apply the same standard used by the district court under Rule 56(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and must determine, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Knadler, whether there are any genuine issues of material fact and whether the district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law. Valdez v. Rosenbaum, 302 F.3d 1039, 1043 (9th Cir.2002).

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