Nghiem

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 PETER P NGHIEM, Case No. 21-cv-06872-PCP

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

9 v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

DENYING RULE 56(D) MOTION

10 SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, et al., Dkt. Nos. 67, 77 Defendants. 11

12 13 Peter Nghiem, a former part-time adjunct lecturer, filed this employment discrimination 14 lawsuit against Santa Clara University (SCU) alleging race and age discrimination. SCU moves 15 for summary judgment, and Nghiem moves to delay summary judgment under Federal Rule of 16 Civil Procedure 56(d). For the reasons that follow, the Court grants SCU’s motion for summary 17 judgment and denies Nghiem’s Rule 56(d) motion. 18 BACKGROUND 19 Nghiem was a quarterly part-time adjunct lecturer (QAL) within the Department of 20 Computer Science and Engineering (COEN) at SCU from 2018–2020. He was 60–62 years old 21 during the relevant time period and is of Vietnamese descent. The COEN Department was chaired 22 by Nam Ling, who is of Chinese…