Jacques v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT

EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge.

Robert Jacques has worked for the Sierra Pacific Power Company since 1960. In mid-1992, a supervisor’s position came open and Jacques applied for the job. He was fifty-six years old at the time. The job went to another Sierra Pacific employee, Tim Berg, who was about twenty years younger. Jacques believes he was denied the promotion because of his age and has brought suit under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). To his federal claim, Jacques appends both a claim made under Nev.Rev.Stat. §…