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– 5 4 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 7 ) . T h e r e c o r d s h o ws thatpri or t o the 20 02 fi l i ng she had no top po se d any al l eged di sc ri m i nat ory pr a c t i c e by N H P . S e e R a a d v. F a i rba nks N . S t a rB or ough S c h. D i s t . , 323 F . 3d 11 85 , 11 97 (9th C i r. 20 03 ); se e a l so C raw ford v. M etro. G ov ’ tof N as hv i l l e & D a vi ds on C ounty , 129 S . C t . 846, 850, 172 L . E d. 2d 650 ( 2009) . T ha t , by the w a y , in c lu d e s h e rc la im th a t th e S ta te A tto rn e y G e n e r a l r e f u s e d to r e p r e s e n t h e rin an ac t i on fi l ed agai nsther. 2( . . . c ont i nue d) 2 to p r o v id e f

o rh e rr e p r e s e n ta tio n . S e e B r o o k s v . C ity o f S a n M a te o , 2 2 9 F .3 d 9 1 7 , 92 9– 30 (9th C i r. 20 00 ). S e e E l l i s on v. B r a dy , 924 F . 2d 872, 883 ( 9th C i r . 1991) ; s e e a l s o R a y v. 3 H enders on , 21 7 F . 3d 12 34 , 12 45 (9th C i r. 20 00 ). M cG ra th com pl ai ns thatthe di stri ctcourti m prop er l y r ef used t o con si der a 4 r e por t . H ow e ve r , the r e portw a s notpr ope r l y s w orn t o orauthe nt i c a t e d. I n a ny e v e n t, it w o u ld n o t h a v e a f f e c te d th e g r a n t o f

s u m m a ry ju d g m e n t. 3 (2) M cG ra th al so cl ai m s thatthe di stri ctcourterre d i n d et erm i ni ng that s h e w a s n o tr e t a l i a t e da g a i n s ta f t e rs h e f i l e d c o mp l a i n t s w i th N ERC. Sh e c l a i ms re t al i at i on because an o ff i ce r, w ho had asked her for adat e and been ref used, w as tr a ns f e rr e d i nt o the di vi s i on of N H P w he r e s he w orke d. A ga i n, w e di s a gr e e . N ot e v e ry a c t o f

N H P b e c a m e a n a d v e r s e e m p lo y m e n t a c tio n s im p ly b e c au s e M c G r a th d id n o t a g r e e w ith it. S e e B r o o k s , 2 2 9 F .3 d a t 9 2 8 ; s e e a ls o B u r lin g to n N . & S a n ta F e R y . C o. v. W hi t e , 548 U . S . 53, 68, 126 S . C t . 2405, 2415, 165 L . E d. 2d 345 (200 6). H er e, the transfe rr ed em pl oyee had n otprevi ou sl y s ever el y har as se d h er , 3 d i d n o th arass h er w h i l e i n th e d i v i si o n , an d w as seen i n freq u en t l y b y h er b ecau se N H P r e q u ir e d th a t h e w o rkad if f e r e n t s h if t. 4 ( 3 ) M c G r a th ’s a s s e rtio n th a t th e d is tr ic t c o u r t e rr e d b e c au s e it f a ile d to m a k e ac u m u la tiv e a n a ly s is is o tio s e . M c G r a th h a s n o t s h o w n e v id e n c e o f s e p a r a te i ns t a nc e s of

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