From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Hodge v. Oakland Unified Sch. Dist.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Feb 21, 2014
555 F. App'x 726 (9th Cir. 2014)

Opinion

No. 12-16427 D.C. No. 3:09-cv-04719-RS

02-21-2014

YVONNE HODGE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; BOARD OF EDUCATION; KIM NOBLE; LISA RYAN COLE; PHYLISS HARRIS; IRIS WESSLEMAN, Defendants - Appellees.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of California

Richard Seeborg, District Judge, Presiding


Argued and Submitted February 11, 2014

San Francisco, California

Before: REINHARDT and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and SESSIONS, District Judge.

The Honorable William K. Sessions III, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, sitting by designation.
--------

Yvonne Hodge appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Defendants on her claims of disparate treatment, disparate impact, and hostile work environment on account of her race and age under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. We review de novo a district court's grant of summary judgment and affirm. Vasquez v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 639 (9th Cir. 2003).

With respect to Hodge's disparate treatment claim, the district court correctly held at step three of the McDonnell Douglas framework that Hodge did not present evidence that the school district's reason for not hiring her was pretextual. See Raad v. Fairbanks North Star Borough Sch. Dist., 323 F.3d 1185, 1193-94 (9th Cir. 2003). With respect to her disparate impact claim, Hodge did not introduce sufficient evidence to create a triable issue of material fact of disparate impact, including any evidence from which to compare the number of teachers within the protected groups who were hired to the number in the applicant pool or in any other relevant group. See Stout v. Potter, 276 F.3d 1118, 1122 (9th Cir. 2002). Finally, with respect to hostile work environment, Hodge did not present sufficient evidence to create a triable issue of material fact that the alleged mistreatment was because of her race or age. See Manatt v. Bank of Am., 339 F.3d 792, 798 (9th Cir. 2003).

Hodge's remaining claims are either waived or without merit.

The district court is, therefore,

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Hodge v. Oakland Unified Sch. Dist.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Feb 21, 2014
555 F. App'x 726 (9th Cir. 2014)
Case details for

Hodge v. Oakland Unified Sch. Dist.

Case Details

Full title:YVONNE HODGE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Feb 21, 2014

Citations

555 F. App'x 726 (9th Cir. 2014)

Citing Cases

Torres v. City of Oakland

To make a prima facie case of discrimination, a plaintiff must show that: (1) he is a member of a protected…

Parrett v. Coronado Unified Sch. Dist.

Corrales v. Moreno Valley Unified Sch. Dist., No. EDCV 08-00040 SGLOPX, 2008 WL 4382507, at *2 (C.D. Cal.…