NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JUSTINE TANJAYA, DDS, an individual,

Plaintiff

- Appellant,

v.

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, an entity; et al.,

Defendants

- Appellees. No. 20

- 55040

D.C. No. 2:19

- cv

- 02956

- GW

- FFM

MEMORANDUM *

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 20, 2020 * * Pasadena, California

Before: LINN, ** * RAWLINSON, and HUNSAKER, Circuit Judges.

Justine Tan

j a ya, DDS
, appeals the district court’s dismissal of her Title IX

retaliation and sex discriminatio n /hostile environment claims

. Tanjaya argues that

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36

- 3.

** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument

. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

*** The Honorable Richard Linn, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation. 

# FILED

NOV 30 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS2

she sufficiently alleged Title IX claims and that the district court abused its
discretion by considering the Regents of the University of California’s (University)

Title IX investigation report on a motion to dismiss. We have jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1291 , and w e affirm

.
1. Title IX Claims : T he factual allegations of the complaint, taken as
true and construed in the light most favorable to Tanjaya
, are insufficient to
support her c ontention that the University’s response to her Title IX c laim was

“ deliberately indifferent to sexual harassment . . . that is so severe, perva sive, and
objectively offensive that it can be said to [have] deprive [d] [ Tanjaya ] of access to
the educational opportunities or benefits provided by the [University]
, ” Davis ex.
rel. LaShonda D. v. Monroe Cty. Bd. of Educ. , 526 U.S. 629, 650 (1999) , or th at
the University retaliated against her because of her c laim
, s ee , e.g., Jackson v.
Birmingham Bd. of Educ. , 544 U.S. 167, 174 (2005)

. The factual allegations in the
complaint a lso fail to show that the University’s handling of her Title IX c laim was

unreasonable. Karasek v. Regents of Univ. of Cal. , 956 F.3d 1093, 1108

– 09 (9th
Cir. 2020). Tanjaya does not allege that any sexual harassment occurred after she
reported her sexual harassment claim to the University’s Title IX office. 1 See
Stanley v. Trs. of Cal. State Univ. , 433 F.3d 1129, 1137 (9th Cir. 2006)

. Nor does

1 We grant Tanjaya’s request to take judicial notice of the University’s Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy.3

she allege sufficient facts to establish that the University itself retaliated against
her or had notice of the alleged retaliatio n after she filed her Title IX c laim

.
Jackson , 544 U.S. at 174 ; Gebser v. Lago Vista Indep. Sch. Dist. , 524 U.S. 274,
285 (1998); Reese v. Jefferson Sch. Dist. No. 14J , 208 F.3d 736, 739 (9th Cir.
2000)

.
2. Investigation Report : Even if the district court erred by considering

the investigation report, reversal on that ground is un warranted . T he S econd

A mended Compla int’s failure to allege facts sufficient to support Tanjaya’s three
Title IX causes of action independently supports the district court’s dismissal

.

T herefore, the district court’s review of the report did not prejudice Tanjaya. Estate
of Barabin v. AstenJohnson, Inc. , 740 F.3d 457, 462 (9th Cir. 2014) (en banc)
( quoting Grand Canyon Skywalk Dev., LLC v. 'Sa' Nyu Wa Inc. , 715 F.3d 1196,
1202 (9th Cir.2013)) (s tating “[a] district court ’ s evidentiary rulings should not be
reversed absent clear abuse of discretion and some prejudice”) overruled on other
grounds in United States v. Bacon , No. 18

- 50120, ___ F.3d ___, 2020 WL
6498258 (9th Cir. Nov. 5, 2020) (en banc)

.
AFFIRMED.