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Darryl TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEALAND SERVICES; CSX Lines, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 02-16092.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted July 18, 2003.
    Decided July 22, 2003.
    Before: REINHARDT, SILER, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Appellant Darryl Taylor neither included a claim for racial harassment or hostile work environment in his complaint nor sought to amend the complaint for that purpose. Although he raised a contention regarding the two subjects in the case management statement, he advised the court prior to the summary judgment hearing that he was withdrawing any such “claim.” Nevertheless, the district court granted summary judgment on the nonexistent claim. That part of the judgment is vacated.

As to the failure to promote claim, Taylor sought further discovery, but he failed to file a Rule 56(f) statement and in response to the court’s inquiry, failed to offer sufficient facts to show that additional discovery would lead to admissible evidence that might preclude summary judgment. Nidds v. Schindler Elevator Corp., 113 F.3d 912, 921 (9th Cir.1997). Thus, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a continuance. The grant of summary judgment on the failure to promote claim is affirmed.

Accordingly, the district court’s decision is

VACATED IN PART AND AFFIRMED IN PART. 
      
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