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y of L os A ng eles , 3 4 9 F . 3 d6 3 4 , 6 3 9 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 3 ) , a n dwe a f f i rm. T he di s tr i c tc ourtpr ope r l ygr a nt e d s um m a ryj udgm e nton the T i t l e V I I a nd E P A cl ai m s bec ause T raver’ s r equestfor a dd i t i on al pay w as no ta prot ec t ed a c tiv ityu n d e re ith e rs ta tu te . See 42 U . S . C . §§ 2000e - 2, - 3 ( pr ohi bi t i ng r e t a l i a t i on f oroppos i ng e m pl oy m e ntdi s c r i m i na t i on on the ba s i s of r a c e , c ol or , r e l i gi on, s e x or na t i ona l or i gi n) ; 29 U . S . C . §§ 206( d) , 215( a ) ( 3) ( pr ohi bi t i ng r e t a l i a t i on f or c o m p la in ts r e g a r d in g u n la w f u l p a yp r a c tic e s s u c h a s p a y in g d if f e r e n t w a g e s to em pl oyee s on the basi s of s ex); L am bert v. A cker ley , 18 0 F . 3d 99 7, 10 07 (9th C i r. 19 99 ) ( en banc) (“ [N ] otal l am orph ou s e xp re ss i on s of di sc on t entre l at ed t o w ages a n dh o u r s c o n s titu te c o m p la in ts f ile dw ith in th e m e a n in g o f § 2 1 5 ( a ) ( 3 ) .” ) . S i m i l arl y, th e d i stri ctco u rtp ro p erl y g ran t ed su m m ary j u d g m en to n th e F i rst A m e ndm e ntc l a i m be c aus e T r a ve r ’ s r e que s tf ora ddi t i ona l pa yw a s not c o n s titu tio n a llyp r o te c te da s it d idn o t to u c h o n am a tte ro f p u b lic c o n c e rn . See C o n n i ck v. M

yers , 461 U . S . 138, 146 ( 1983) ( “ W he n e m pl oy e e e xpr e s s i on c a nnot b e f a ir lyc o n s id e r e da s r e la tin g to a n ym a tte ro f p o litic a l, s o c ia l, o ro th e rc o n c e rn to th e c o m m u n ity , g o v e rn m e n t o f f ic ia ls s h o u lde n

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ai l ed t o rai se a tri abl e i ss ue as t o w hether her t erm i nat i on w as c au s a llyc o n n e c te dto f

ilin g h e rp r io rla w s u it. See C oh en v. Fre d Mey er , Inc. , 686 F . 2d 793, 797 ( 9th C i r . 1982) ( s t a t i ng tha tthe de c i s i on m a ke r ’ s una w a r e ne s s of the prot ec t ed ac t i vi ty “ brea ks the re qu i si t e c ausa l l i nk ”) . T r a v e r ’s r e m a in in g c o n te n tio n s a r e u n p e r s u a s iv e . A F F I R M E D .