( January 22, 2026, 8:43 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a federal judge in California’s order granting summary judgment to the United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) in a case brought by three female workers who alleged that they were relegated to work in the back and “dead end” job opportunities due to their gender, age and disabilities, finding that the workers failed to “identify similarly situated male comparators who were treated more favorably” to establish a prima facie case for discrimination and holding that the lower court did not abuse its discretion in ruling on the diligence of the workers’ discovery....