Nishimoto v. Federman-Bachrach & Associates

NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Shizuko Nishimoto filed this action against her former employers and a former supervisor, alleging that she had been fired for two unlawful reasons: her age and the defendants’ desire to deprive her of pension benefits. The action was filed in state court and was later removed to federal court. Nishimoto appeals from the district court’s refusal to remand parts of the case to state court, and from the court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendants on all claims over which it exercised jurisdiction. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Nishimoto was originally employed as…