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Kadiyan v. Medtronic, Inc.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Mar 5, 2013
510 F. App'x 649 (9th Cir. 2013)

Opinion

No. 11-55697 2:10-cv-05921-MMM-MAN

03-05-2013

ARMINE KADIYAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEDTRONIC, INC., Defendant-Appellee.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Central District of California

Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding


Argued and Submitted January 7, 2013

Pasadena, California

Before: W. FLETCHER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, Senior District Judge.

The Honorable Edward R. Korman, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation.
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Plaintiff Armine Kadiyan appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, Medtronic, Inc. We agree with the district court that there were no genuine issues of material fact that precluded the grant of summary judgment. Even assuming plaintiff was terminated, as she alleges, defendant's undisputed conduct did not violate the California Family Rights Act or the Fair Employment and Housing Act and, consequently, her termination was not in violation of public policy. Moreover, plaintiff's claim for breach of express or implied employment contract is flatly contradicted by the documents that she signed indicating her employment was at all times "at-will." Thus, we uphold the grant of summary judgment.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Kadiyan v. Medtronic, Inc.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Mar 5, 2013
510 F. App'x 649 (9th Cir. 2013)
Case details for

Kadiyan v. Medtronic, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:ARMINE KADIYAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEDTRONIC, INC.…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Mar 5, 2013

Citations

510 F. App'x 649 (9th Cir. 2013)

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