PRICE v. BLUE AND GOLD FLEET (2020)

MEMORANDUM **

Barbara Ann Price appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in her employment action alleging violations of Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Am. Tower Corp. v. City of San Diego, 763 F.3d 1035, 1043 (9th Cir. 2014). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Price failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant's legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for taking adverse action against Price was pretextual. See Wallis v. J.R. Simplot Co., 26 F.3d 885, 888-91 (9th Cir. 1994) (burdenshifting framework applies to discrimination claims under Title VII and the ADEA; circumstantial evidence of pretext must be specific and substantial).

We reject as unsupported by record Price's contention that defendant failed to engage in discovery in a proper manner.

We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

AFFIRMED.