AYODELE AKINOLA V. DAVID SEVERNS, No. 19-16593 (9th Cir. 2021)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED APR 27 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AYODELE AKINOLA, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 19-16593 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:14-cv-00222-HDMWGC v. DAVID SEVERNS; MIKE PREMO, MEMORANDUM* Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Howard D. McKibben, District Judge, Presiding Submitted April 20, 2021** Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, TASHIMA and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges. Ayodele Akinola appeals from the district court’s February 26, 2019 order granting summary judgment in part, in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging a First Amendment retaliation claim related to his employment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Barone v. City of Springfield, 902 * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). F.3d 1091, 1097 (9th Cir. 2018). We affirm. The district court properly granted summary judgment on Akinola’s retaliation claim arising from alleged adverse employment actions, other than a written reprimand in 2015, because Akinola failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether his protected speech was a substantial and motivating factor in any adverse employment action, or whether defendants would have taken the alleged action even absent the protected speech. See id. at 1098 (setting forth five-factor test for First Amendment retaliation claim); Coomes v. Edmonds Sch. Dist. No. 15, 816 F.3d 1255, 1260 (9th Cir. 2016) (explaining that all of the factors are necessary and failure to meet any one of them is fatal to the plaintiff’s case). AFFIRMED. 2 19-16593

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