Katie Clifford v. Dtg Operations, Inc.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The Honorable Morris S. Arnold, Senior Circuit Judge for the Eighth**
Circuit, sitting by designation.
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
KATIE CLIFFORD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DTG OPERATIONS, INC.,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 11-15663
D.C. No. 2:09-cv-01848-LRH-
LRL
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Larry R. Hicks, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted September 11, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada
Before: RAWLINSON, BYBEE, and ARNOLD , Circuit Judges.**
Appellant Katie Clifford (Clifford) appeals the district court’s grant of
summary judgment in favor of her former employer, appellee DTG Operations,
FILED
OCT 09 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Inc., on her claim of employment discrimination. We have jurisdiction pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
Because the record does not contain evidence demonstrating pretext,
Clifford cannot establish a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether her
termination was unlawful. See Hawn v. Exec. Jet Mgmt., Inc., 615 F.3d 1151, 1155
(9th Cir. 2010); see also Vasquez v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 641 (9th
Cir. 2004), as amended. The inferences Clifford urged us to make do not “have
roots in the evidence. . . .” Mueller v. Auker, No. 11-35351, - - - F.3d - - -, 2012
WL 3892960 at *8 (9th Cir. Sept. 10, 2012).
AFFIRMED.

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