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Lori McGRATH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 09-15820.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted March 11, 2010.
    
    Filed April 8, 2010.
    Ian Silverberg, Esquire, Hardy Law Group, Reno, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Michael D. Jensen, Esquire, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Nevada Attorney General’s Office, Motor Vehicle & Public Safety Department, Carson City, NV, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Before: FERNANDEZ, THOMAS, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable lor decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Lori McGrath appeals from the district court’s judgment and asserts that the district court erred when it granted summary judgment against her and in favor of the State of Nevada, Department of Public Safety, Nevada Highway Patrol (“NHP”). We affirm.

(1) McGrath asserts that the district court erred when it determined that she had not spelled out a prima facie case for retaliation pursuant to the retaliation provisions of Title VII for events before she filed a complaint with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and EEOC (collectively “NERC”) in January of 2002. We disagree. McGrath could not spell out a case unless NHP subjected her to an adverse employment action after she had engaged in a protected activity. See Nilsson v. City of Mesa, 503 F.3d 947, 953-54 (9th Cir.2007). The record shows that prior to the 2002 filing she had not opposed any alleged discriminatory practice by NHP. See Raad v. Fairbanks N. Star Borough Sch. Dist., 323 F.3d 1185, 1197 (9th Cir.2003); see also Crawford v. Metro. Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson County, — U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 846, 850, 172 L.Ed.2d 650 (2009). That, by the way, includes her claim that the State Attorney General refused to represent her in an action filed against her.

(2) McGrath also claims that the district court erred in determining that she was not retaliated against after she filed complaints with NERC. She claims retaliation because an officer, who had asked her for a date and been refused, was transferred into the division of NHP where she worked. Again, we disagree. Not every act of NHP became an adverse employment action simply because McGrath did not agree with it. See Brooks, 229 F.3d at 928; see also Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. White, 548 U.S. 53, 68, 126 S.Ct. 2405, 2415, 165 L.Ed.2d 345 (2006). Here, the transferred employee had not previously severely harassed her, did not harass her while in the division, and was seen infrequently by her because NHP required that he work a different shift.

(3) McGrath’s assertion that the district court erred because it failed to make a cumulative analysis is otiose. McGrath has not shown evidence of separate instances of retaliation that should have been accumulated. Nothing plus nothing is still naught.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
     
      
      . See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3.
     
      
      . That claim would also be barred because she never did file a complaint about it with the appropriate agency. See B.K.B. v. Maui Police Dep’t, 276 F.3d 1091, 1099-1100 (9th Cir.2002); Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 644 (9th Cir.2003). Moreover, the final decision of the Attorney General was to provide for her representation. See Brooks v. City of San Mateo, 229 F.3d 917, 929-30 (9th Cir.2000).
     
      
      . See Ellison v. Brady, 924 F.2d 872, 883 (9th Cir.1991); see also Ray v. Henderson, 217 F.3d 1234, 1245 (9th Cir.2000).
     
      
      . McGrath complains that the district court improperly refused to consider a report. However, the report was not properly sworn to or authenticated. In any event, it would not have affected the grant of summary judgment.