United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment on a claim of national origin discrimination in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act is affirmed, where: 1) the McDonnell Douglas framework for disparate treatment claims under Title VII applies to plaintiff's Title VI claim; and 2) under the McDonnell Douglas framework, plaintiff did not establish a prima facie case of national origin discrimination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/26/2014
• Published 08/26/2014

Judges

• McKeown

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel