Buenrostro v. Potter

176 F. App'x 828

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 18, 2006
• Docket: No. 05-16449
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Jose Buenrostro appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment dismissing his action alleging discrimination and retaliation against his former employer, the United States Postal Service (“USPS”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Porter v. California Dep’t of Corrections, 419 F.3d 885, 891 (9th Cir.2005), and we affirm.

The district court properly concluded that, even if Buenrostro made out a prima facie case of retaliation, Buenrostro failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the USPS’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for terminating Buenrostro—his poor work performance— was pretext for a retaliatory motive. See Manatt v. Bank of America, NA, 339 F.3d 792, 801 (9th Cir.2003) (affirming summary judgment for employer where plaintiff “failed to introduce any direct or specific and substantial circumstantial evidence of pretext”).

Because Buenrostro does not challenge the district court’s dismissal of his age and national origin discrimination claims in his briefs, he has waived these claims on appeal. See Collins v. City of San Diego, 841 F.2d 337, 339 (9th Cir.1988) (claims that are not developed by argument and supported by authority in the appellant’s briefs are deemed abandoned). Even were we to decide that Buenrostro had not abandoned his discrimination claims on appeal, these claims fail because Buenrostro conceded in his deposition that he was not discriminated against on the basis of his age or national origin at the Petaluma post office.

Buenrostro’s remaining contentions lack merit.

AFFIRMED.

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