Shannon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SHANE SHANNON, Case No. 20-cv-04281-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

PETER BUTTIGIEG, Docket No. 78 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff Shane Shannon is an air traffic controller who works at Napa Tower. He has sued the federal government for employment discrimination – specifically, for disparate treatment in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”). Having considered the parties’ briefs and accompanying submissions, as well as the oral argument of counsel, the Court hereby GRANTS the government’s motion for summary judgment. I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND During the relevant period, Mr. Shannon was an air traffic controller (“ATC”) at Napa Tower. On two different occasions, he was not selected for an ATC opening(s) at Oakland Tower (which, in effect, would have been a promotion since the position at Oakland Tower apparently commanded…