Ronnie N. Foushee, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Northrop Grumman Corporation, Defendant-appellee, 122 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir. 1997)

MEMORANDUM^* 

Ronnie N. Foushee appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment for Northrop Grumman Company ("Northrop") in his action, alleging discrimination on the basis of race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. and wrongful termination under state law. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Foushee contends for the first time on appeal that the district court erred by granting summary judgment for Northrop because he did not obtain discovery from Northrop. A review of the record, however, indicates that Foushee neither filed a motion to compel discovery nor requested a continuance under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(f). See Avila v. Traveler's Ins. Co., 651 F.2d 658, 660 (9th Cir. 1981) (stating that " [a] contention by an opposing party that he had insufficient time in which to present specific facts in opposition to the motion normally cannot be successfully raised for the first time on appeal"). Because Foushee failed to raise this issue before the district court, we will not address it for the first time on appeal. Cf. Whittaker Corp. v. Execuair Corp., 953 F.2d 510, 515 (9th Cir. 1992). Foushee assigns no other error to the district court's judgment. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's summary judgment for Northrop.

AFFIRMED.