Duane Hutchings v. One Nevada Credit Union

711 F. App'x 862

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: October 24, 2017
• Docket: 16-16202
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Duane Hutchings was employed at One Nevada Credit Union selling insurance. After One Nevada discovered Hutchings had a second job selling real estate in violation of the company’s conflict of interest and outside employment policies, it asked him to choose between the two jobs. Hutchings refused to stop selling real estate, and One Nevada fired him.

In this suit, Hutchings alleges gender discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Nev. Rev. Stat. § 613.330(l)(a), and a cause of action for common law negligent infliction of emotional distress. The district court granted One Nevada’s motion for summary judgment. We have jurisdiction of Hutchings’ appeal under .28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

1. Hutchings argues that One Nevada discriminated against him by terminating him for selling real estate, while a female employee with a real estate license, Barbara Higgins, was not terminated. But, Hutchings provided no evidence that Higgins sold real estate while employed at One Nevada; indeed, the only record evidence is that she did not. 1 By contrast, Hutchings actively sold real estate while employed at One Nevada. Because Hutch-ings failed to show that any siniilarly situated female employees were treated more favorably than him, he failed to establish a prima facie case of gender discrimination under either Title VII or Nevada law. Hawn v. Exec. Jet Mgmt., Inc., 615 F.3d 1151, 1157 (9th Cir. 2010) (requiring employees to “be similar in all material respects,” including “similar jobs” and “similar conduct”); Apeceche v. White Pine Cty., 96 Nev. 723, 615 P.2d 975, 977 (1980) (applying same analysis to claims under Title VII and Nev. Rev. Stat, § 613.330(l)(a)).

2. Because Hutchings provided no “proof of serious emotional distress causing physical injury or illness,” let alone any evidence of negligence by One Nevada, the district court correctly granted summary judgment to One Nevada on this claim. Olivero v. Lowe, 116 Nev. 395, 995 P.2d 1023, 1026 (2000).

AFFIRMED.

*** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

1 . Hutchings points to an internet printout listing Higgins’s real estate license as active since 2009, but he does not respond to One Nevada’s argument that Hutchings never properly authenticated this evidence. The district court properly found the document inadmissible, and we likewise will not consider it on appeal, See Orr v. Bank of Am., NT & SA, 285 F.3d 764, 773 (9th Cir. 2002).