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# FI LED APR19 2 010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS09- 35499 2 B e f o r e : R Y M E R , M c K E O W N , an dP A E Z , C ir c u it Ju d g e s . C a r l A n d e r s o n ap p e a ls p r o s e f r o m th e d is tr ic t c o u rt’s s u m m aryju d g m e n t in hi s a c t i on a l l e gi ng di s c r i m i na t i on i n vi ol a t i on of T i t l e V I I a nd the A ge D i s c r i mi n a t i o n I n Emp l o y me n tA c t . W e h a v e j u r i s d i c t i o n p u r s u an tt o 2 8 U . S. C. § 1 2 9 1 . W e r e v ie w d e n o v o . C o o n s v. Sec’y o f th e U . S. D ep ’t o f th e T rea su ry , 383 F. 3 d8 7 9 , 8 8 4 ( 9 th Ci r . 2 0 0 4 ) . W e a f f i rm. T h e d istrict co u rt p ro p er ly g ra n tedsu m m ary ju d g m en t o n A n d er so n ’s d is c r im in a tio n c la im s b e c au s e h e f a ile dto c r e a te atr iab le is s u e a s to w h e th e rh is s upe rvi s or s ’ l e gi t i m a t e , nondi s c r i m i na t oryr e a s ons f orthe i ra c t i ons w e r e apr e t e xt f o rd is c r im in a tio n . See L eongv. P ot ter , 347 F . 3d 1117, 1124- 25 ( 9th C i r . 2003) (a ff i rm i ng sum m ary j ud gm enton T i t l e V II cl ai m s w here pl ai nt i ff di d n otra i se a genu i ne i ss ue of m at er i alfa ctas t o w hether e m pl oyer ’ s l egi t i m at e, no nd i sc ri m i nat ory r ea son for chal l enged em pl oym entac t i on w as a pre t extfor an i m perm i ss i bl e m ot i ve); C ole m an v . Q uake rO at s C o. , 2 3 2 F .3 d1 2 7 1 , 1 2 8 2 ( 9 th C i r . 2000) ( e xpl a i ni ng tha tt o s urvi ve s um m aryj udgm e nton a n A ge D i s c r i m i na t i on i n E m pl oy m e ntA c tc l a i m , the pl a i nt i f f m us tc r e a t e atr i abl e i s s ue a s t o w he the rthe e m pl oy e r ’ s pr of f e r e d r e a s ons f

orthe a dve r s e e m pl oy m e nta c t i on w er e apret extfor di sc ri m i nat i on ).09- 35499 3 T h e d istrict co u rt p ro p er ly g ra n tedsu m m ary ju d g m en t o n A n d er so n ’s r e ta lia tio n c la im b e c au s e h e f a ile dto s h o w ac au s a l c o n n e c tio n b e tw e e n h is co m p l ai n t s t o th e E q u al E m p l o ym en tO p p o rtu n i ty C o m m i ssi o n an dth e ad v erse e m p lo y m e n t d e c is io n . Se e C oons , 3 8 3 F .3 da t 8 8 7 - 8 8 . A n d e r s o n ’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 .