Sir Davis v. Wag Labs, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 5 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

SIR LAWRENCE DAVIS, an individual, No. 22-16802 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-01086-SRB

v.

MEMORANDUM*

WAG LABS, INC., named as Wag! Labs Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; DAVID CANE, an individual; J.D. KEMPER, spouse,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 9, 2023** Phoenix, Arizona

Before: SCHROEDER, COLLINS, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Sir Lawrence Davis applied for a “Senior Policy Manager” position at Wag!

Labs, Inc. (“Wag”), but David Cane, the hiring manager at Wag, declined Davis’s

application, and Wag instead ultimately hired Chris Gibson. Davis alleges that

Cane retaliated against him at Wag because, when Davis and Cane previously

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable…