Opinion ID: 783580
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Heading: Hernandez's Failure to Promote Claims

Text: 34 Hernandez alleges that he was denied promotion to various positions at Spacelabs because he is Hispanic. We conclude that these claims are untimely under both federal and state law. The statute of limitations for Title VII actions is 300 days prior to the filing of a state administrative charge. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). Hernandez filed administrative charges with the Washington State Human Rights Commission and the EEOC on August 18, 2000; incidents occurring prior to October 23, 1999, therefore are time-barred under Title VII. A three-year limitations period applies to claims brought under the WLAD. R.C.W. § 4.16.080. Hernandez filed his complaint on August 30, 2001. Accordingly, any claim based on an incident occurring prior to August 30, 1998, is time-barred under Washington law. 35 None of the allegedly discriminatory promotion decisions occurred within the limitations periods for either federal or state law. Hernandez alleges seven specific instances in which Spacelabs failed to promote him. There is no dispute that the first two, DeCarlo's replacement of Hernandez in 1993 and Spacelabs's failure to promote Hernandez to the position of quality assurance supervisor in 1994, occurred outside both periods. 36 Spacelabs has tendered company records for the remaining incidents in the form of personnel change notices. These records establish that these incidents occurred outside the limitations periods. The documents submitted to the district court show that: (1) Curtis Riley was promoted on October 28, 1996; (2) Joseph Huong Vu was promoted on December 20, 1997; (3) Vu's position was filled by Jim Allread on January 17, 1998; (4) Andre Zins was promoted on August 8, 1998; and (5) Brian Cavenah was promoted to the lead position on August 22, 1998. 37 Hernandez asserts that several of these incidents occurred in late 1998 or 1999. However, he offers no support for these asserted dates other than his declaration. Indeed, he offers no specific dates for any of the actions. Hernandez's conclusory allegations, unsupported by facts, are insufficient to survive a motion for summary judgment. Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989). Spacelabs therefore is entitled to summary judgment on Hernandez's failure to promote claims.