Paul L. Guidry v. Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
PAUL L. GUIDRY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MARINE ENGINEERS’ BENEFICIAL
ASSOCIATION,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 13-15597
D.C. No. 3:11-cv-05347-CRB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California
Charles R. Breyer, Senior District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted September 15, 2015
San Francisco, California
Before: W. FLETCHER, BERZON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Paul Guidry appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (“MEBA”). We review the grant of
summary judgment de novo, and we affirm. McGinest v. GTE Serv. Corp., 360
F.3d 1103, 1112 (9th Cir. 2004).
FILED
SEP 29 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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Guidry submitted no evidence that MEBA was complicit in the delay of
Guidry’s Brazilian work visa or that MEBA took part in any alleged discrimination
on the part of Guidry’s prospective employer, OSG Ship Management, Inc.
(“OSG”). Nor did Guidry submit any legal authority or evidence that makes
MEBA vicariously liable for any alleged discrimination perpetrated by OSG or the
Brazilian government. Therefore, there is no issue of triable fact as to Guidry’s
Title VII claim against MEBA.
To make out a claim that MEBA breached its duty of fair representation to
Guidry, Guidry must submit evidence that MEBA’s “conduct toward [him] . . .
[wa]s arbitrary, discriminatory, or in bad faith. Conduct can be classified as
arbitrary only when it is irrational, when it is without a rational basis or
explanation.” Beck v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 99, 506
F.3d 874, 879 (9th Cir. 2007) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
Dave Nolan, a MEBA employee, investigated Guidry’s grievance. Guidry
submitted no evidence that after Nolan investigated, and found evidence that
Guidry’s passport had been delayed for reasons untraceable to OSG, Nolan’s
decision to end the investigation was arbitrary, discriminatory, or in bad faith.
Therefore, in the absence of any evidence that gives rise to a genuine issue of fact,
summary judgment was properly granted to MEBA.
AFFIRMED.

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