Ames v. Sunrise Hospital, Inc.

Full title: Linda M. AMES; Peggy West, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SUNRISE HOSPITAL…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Dec 19, 2001

22 F. App'x 871 (9th Cir. 2001)

Opinion

22 Fed.Appx. 871 (9th Cir. 2001) Linda M. AMES; Peggy West, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SUNRISE HOSPITAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee. No. 00-16593. D.C. No. CV-98-00929-HDM. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. December 19, 2001

Submitted December 5, 2001. ^*

* The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Howard D. McKibben, District Judge, Presiding.

Before KOZINSKI, RYMER, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM ^**

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Sunrise Hospital articulated nondiscriminatory reasons for firing appellants. Appellants failed to show "specific, substantial evidence" that those reasons were pretextual. Godwin v. Hunt Wesson, Inc., 150 F.3d 1217, 1221 (9th Cir.1998).

AFFIRMED.