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Richard R. HUBBARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 16-56399
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted May 24, 2017 
    
    Filed June 6, 2017
    Richard R. Hubbard, Pro Se
    Christine Kohler, Esquire, Attorney, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Maureen M. Home, Attorney, Kenneth R. Pe-droza, Senior Attorney, Cole Pedroza LLP, San Marino, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Erlina Abiog, Marites Arendon, Anthony S. Brill, Joan Burritt, Diane Doyle, Arlene Gibson, Linda Greene, Judalon Shannon, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
    
      Christine Kohler, Esquire, Attorney, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Maureen M. Home, Attorney, Cole Pedroza LLP, San Marino, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Diana Cantu, Victoria Ferguson, Sally Franz
    Francisco Cabada, Cabada & Hameed LLP, Pasadena, CA, Maureen M. Home, Attorney, Cole Pedroza LLP, San Marino, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Chakisha S. Johnson
    Maureen M. Home, Attorney, Kenneth R. Pedroza, Senior Attorney, Cole Pedroza LLP, San Marino, CA, for Defendant-Ap-pellee Does, 1 through 10
    Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, and SILVERMAN and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Richard R. Hubbard appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his employment action alleging gender discrimination in violation of Title VII and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 639 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Hubbard’s Title VII claim because the claim was barred by the statute of limitations. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1); Surrell v. Cal. Water Serv. Co., 518 F.3d 1097, 1104 (9th Cir. 2008) (a charge filed with California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing is deemed to have been received by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission the same day; plaintiff is entitled to a federal right-to-sue notice within 180 days, after which plaintiff has 90 days to commence a civil action under Title VII); Scholar v. Pac. Bell, 963 F.2d 264, 267 (9th Cir. 1992) (90-day deadline to file a Title VII action “constitutes a statute of limitations” and if plaintiff “fails to file within [the] 90-day period, the action is barred”). Contrary to Hubbard’s contention, his filing of a complaint in state court does not justify the application of equitable tolling because the state court complaint did not contain a Title VII claim, and the complaint was filed after the deadline for filing his Title VII claim had passed. See Baldwin Cty. Welcome Ctr. v. Brown, 466 U.S. 147, 151, 104 S.Ct. 1723, 80 L.Ed.2d 196 (1984) (“One who fails to act diligently cannot invoke equitable principles to excuse that lack of diligence.”).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Hubbard’s state law claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3) (permitting district court to decline supplemental jurisdiction if it has dismissed all claims over which it has original jurisdiction); Costanich v. Dep’t of Soc. & Health Servs., 627 F.3d 1101, 1107 (9th Cir. 2010) (standard of review).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Hubbard’s motion seeking disqualification of the district and magistrate judges because Hubbard failed to establish any grounds for such relief. See United States v. Johnson, 610 F.3d 1138, 1147 (9th Cir. 2010) (setting forth standard of review and grounds for recusal).

Hubbard’s motion to supplement the record on appeal (Docket Entry No. 14) is granted.

We reject as without merit Hubbard’s contentions that the district judge was biased and retaliated against him.

Hubbard’s motion for oral argument (Docket Entry No. 18) is denied.

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