Andrew Mattioda v. Clarence William Nelson II

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANDREW MATTIODA, No. 22-15889

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 5:20-cv- v. 03662-SVK

CLARENCE WILLIAM NELSON II;

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND OPINION

SPACE ADMINISTRATION,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Susan G. Van Keulen, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 13, 2023 San Francisco, California

Filed April 22, 2024

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Danny J. Boggs, * and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Forrest

* The Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Employment Law

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of Dr. Andrew Mattioda’s hostile-work-environment claim, affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of his employer the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) on his disability-discrimination claim, and…