Case Name: Bruce Edward COMMITTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-03-20
Citations: 683 F. App'x 607
Docket Number: No. 15-35386
Parties: Bruce Edward COMMITTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 683
Pages: 607–608

Head Matter:
Bruce Edward COMMITTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 15-35386
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 8, 2017
Filed March 20, 2017
Bruce Edward Committe, Pro Se
Patricia Kay Runkles-Pearson, Attorney, Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP, Portland, OR, for Defendant-Appellee
Before: LEAVY, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, 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
Bruce Edward Committe appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. France v. Johnson, 795 F.3d 1170, 1171 (9th Cir. 2015). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Committe failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Oregon State University's legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for declining to hire him as a professor were pretextual. See id. at 1173-75 (explaining burden shifting framework for analyzing an ADEA claim on summary judgment, and setting forth plaintiffs burden in raising a genuine dispute of material fact as to pretext).
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Committe's motion for leave to file a second amended complaint because the proposed amendments would have been futile. See Ahlmeyer v. Nev. Sys. of Higher Educ., 555 F.3d 1051, 1055, 1057 (9th Cir. 2009) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that "the ADEA precludes the assertion of age discrimination in employment claims, even those seeking to vindicate constitutional rights, under § 1983").
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
Committe's motion for extraordinary relief (Docket Entry No. 26) is denied.
The parties' motions requesting no oral argument (Docket Entry Nos. 19 and 22) are denied as moot.
AFFIRMED.
»⅝⅜ ¾⅛ disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.