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Michelle FOSTER, a married person dba B&D Painting; Robert Foster, a married person dba B&D Painting, Plaintiffs—Appellants, v. MIJON III LLC, a Missouri Limited Liability Company and an entity doing business in Arizona; High Plains Management Company, an entity doing business in Arizona; Detlef E. Serbok, husband; Jane Doe Serbok, wife, Defendants—Appellees.
    No. 01-15542. D.C. No. CV-97-02544-EHC.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted March 13, 2002.
    
    Decided March 21, 2002.
    Before RYMER, KLEINFELD, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Because the district court correctly found that the Fosters’ business, B&D Painting, acted as an independent contractor, and because Title VII and the Arizona Civil Rights Act protect employees, not independent contractors, see Adcock v. Chrysler Corp., 166 F.3d 1290, 1292 (9th Cir.1999); see also St. Luke’s Health System v. Arizona Dept. of Law, Civil Rights Div., 180 Ariz. 373, 884 P.2d 259, 263-64 (1994), we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment on the Fosters’ claims under those sections.

Likewise, we hold that the district court correctly found that the Arizona state law tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress requires much more outrageous conduct than the Fosters alleged, and we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment as to that claim, as well.

AFFIRMED. 
      
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