Case Name: Elsa ROBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., AKA TPMG, Inc.; Ronald Carretti; Tracy Nunes; Shirley Hanson, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-05-04
Citations: 690 F. App'x 535
Docket Number: No. 15-15540
Parties: Elsa ROBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., AKA TPMG, Inc.; Ronald Carretti; Tracy Nunes; Shirley Hanson, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and LOGAN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 690
Pages: 535–536

Head Matter:
Elsa ROBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., AKA TPMG, Inc.; Ronald Carretti; Tracy Nunes; Shirley Hanson, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 15-15540
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted April 21, 2017 San Francisco, California
Filed May 04, 2017
Jessica A. Warne, Esquire, Law Office of Jessica Warne, PC, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Matthew Karl Hawkins, McCormick Barstow LLP, Modesto, CA, Scott M. Red-die, Laura A. Wolfe, McCormick Barstow Sheppard Wayte & Carruth, Fresno, CA, for Defendants-Appellees
Before: SCHROEDER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and LOGAN, District Judge.
The Honorable Steven Paul Logan, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Appellant Elsa Roberts appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees The Permanente Medical Group, Inc ("TPMG"), Ronald Caretti, Tracy Nunes, and Shirley Hanson on Roberts's claims of disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"). We affirm.
1. The Appellees were entitled to summary judgment on the claim for failure to provide a reasonable accommodation. Roberts's requested accommodation, being restricted from visual or verbal contact with her direct supervisor, is effectively a request for a new supervisor. That is per se unreasonable under Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") guidelines. See EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Question 33 (EEOC Notice No. 915.002, Oct. 17, 2002). Roberts's alterative request for reassignment in contravention of her collective bargaining agreement was also unreasonable. See U.S. Airways, Inc. v. Barnett, 535 U.S. 391, 403, 122 S.Ct. 1516, 152 L.Ed.2d 589 (2002).
2. The Appellees were entitled to summary judgment on the claim for failure to engage in the interactive process. Liability for a breakdown in the interactive process "hinges on the objective circumstances surrounding the parties' breakdown in communication and responsibility for the breakdown lies with the party who fails to participate in good faith." Scotch v. The Art Institute of California-Orange County, Inc., 173 Cal.App.4th 986, 1014, 93 Cal.Rptr.3d 338 (2009). Here, the undisputed facts showed that Roberts refused to respond to repeated attempts by the Appel-lees to obtain information regarding her disabilities and limitations.
The district court's judgment is AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.