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Susan V. KLAT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MITCHELL REPAIR INFORMATION COMPANY, LLC; Snap-On Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 11-55717.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 10, 2013.
    
    Filed June 17, 2013.
    Susan V. Klat, Poway, CA, pro se.
    Joseph B. Farrell, Esquire, Litigation Counsel, Latham & Watkins, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Susan V. Klat appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in her employment action alleging retaliatory discharge in violation of Title VII. 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), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Klat failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to the first element of her prima facie case of retaliation, that is, whether she was engaged in a protected activity under Title VII at the time of her termination. See id. at 646 (setting forth elements of a prima facie case of retaliation under Title VII); Learned v. Bellevue, 860 F.2d 928, 932-33 (9th Cir.1988) (to survive summary judgment, employee must raise a triable dispute that, at the time of termination, her “opposition” to or “participation” in certain conduct was reasonably perceived to fall within the protection of Title VII).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Klat’s motion for disqualification because Klat failed to establish that the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned. See Pesnell v. Arsenault, 543 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir.2008) (setting forth standard of review over disqualification motions and grounds for recusal under 28 U.S.C. §§ 144 and 455(a)).

Klat’s contentions regarding the district court’s alleged failure to review the entire record are unpersuasive.

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