Kristi Thomas v. Wayfair Inc.

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiff Kristi Thomas filed this wrongful termination action against 19 Defendants Wayfair LLC (“Wayfair”) and Wayfair Inc., claiming that Defendants 20 terminated her employment in a retaliatory and discriminatory manner. (See Decl. of 21 Jessica Kang ISO Defs.’ Notice of Removal Ex. 1 (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1-3.) 22 Defendants move for summary judgment on all claims. (Mot. for Summ. J. 23 (“Motion” or “MSJ”), ECF No. 18.) The matter is fully briefed. (See id.; Opp’n to 24 MSJ (“Opp’n”), ECF No. 20; Reply ISO MSJ (“Reply”), ECF No. 21.) For the 25 following reasons, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED.1 26

28 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. II. BACKGROUND Around March 2018, Thomas interviewed at Wayfair for the position of Level 3 3 Human Resources (“HR”) Manager. (Defs.’ Separate Statement of Uncontroverted 4 Facts (“DSUF”) 1, ECF No. 18-2.) Thomas was interviewed by three Wayfair 5 employees: Amy Strebel (Senior…