Case Name: Carla VAN PELT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of NEVADA, ex rel. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-02-11
Citations: 637 F. App'x 307
Docket Number: No. 13-15906
Parties: Carla VAN PELT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of NEVADA, ex rel. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, W. FLETCHER, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 637
Pages: 307–308

Head Matter:
Carla VAN PELT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of NEVADA, ex rel. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 13-15906.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 9, 2016.
Filed Feb. 11, 2016.
Jeffrey A. Dickerson, Law Office of Jeffrey A. Dickerson, Reno, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Cameron Parks Vandenberg, Esquire, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Janet Ellen Traut, AGNV-Office of the Nevada Attorney General, Reno, NV, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: HAWKINS, W. FLETCHER, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Plaintiff Carla Van Pelt ("Van Pelt") appeals the summary judgment grant to defendant State of Nevada ex rel Department of Corrections ("NDOC") on her Title VII claim of disparate treatment gender discrimination. We affirm.
A plaintiff alleging disparate treatment under Title VTI must first establish a pri-ma facie case of discrimination. Tex. Dep't of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine, 450 U.S. 248, 252-53, 101 S.Ct. 1089, 67 L.Ed.2d 207 (1981). A prima facie case is established for plaintiffs who can "show that: (1) they belonged to a protected class; (2) they were qualified for their jobs; (3) they were subjected to an adverse employment action; and (4) similarly situated employees not in their protected class received more favorable treatment." Moran v. Selig, 447 F.3d 748, 753 (9th Cir.2006). Van Pelt was terminated for chronically being late to work and/or leaving early, and then falsifying logbooks- and timesheets to show she had worked longer hours than she actually did.
The district court properly found that Van Pelt failed to carry her burden at the fourth prong because she failed to identify any male employees who committed similar transgressions but were not fired. See Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 641 (9th Cir.2003) (no inference of discrimination where employees not similarly situated and the type and severity of alleged offense dissimilar); see also Hawn v. Exec. Jet Mgmt, 615 F.3d 1151, 1156-58 (9th Cir.2010).
Van Pelt waiver her argument that she established disparate treatment with direct evidence of discrimination, because she failed to present that argument to the district court. See Walsh v. Nev. Dep't of Human Res., 471 F.3d 1033, 1037 (9th Cir.2006) ("Issues not presented to a district court generally cannot be heard on appeal."). Although Van Pelt survived summary judgment on her Title VII retaliation claim, she stipulated to dismiss this claim with prejudice prior to trial, along with "any other First Amendment claim that can be read as asserted" in her complaint, and "any claim of hostile work environment/sexual harassment." Accordingly, no other claims mentioned in her opening brief are properly before us.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.